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Our own thoughts determine how we are impacted. I played a round of golf today. I’m finding that when I play with people I haven’t played before I get nervous. This nervous energy tends to make me hit bad shots early in the round.As I get more comfortable I start doing much better. That’s on me. It’s not on the people I’m playing with (who are usually really cool). It’s on me. I have to learn to get over that. The people I was playing with were very much impressed with the last eight holes where I really started to do well. We started discussing the mental side of it. It’s a big part of golf. I hit a really good shot to get on the green on the 18th to try and save par. Part of how I did that was focusing in on what I had to do. I missed the par putt because I allowed the green to impact how I was going to putt the hole and I left the par putt short. You never want to leave those short.