"Boy You Must be Tripping"

Golf has a wonderful way of teaching you 2 things about life - attitude and practice.  As I watched my son teeing off today, I remembered that attitude is not spelt with the first letter of the alphabet for nothing.  It is one of the most important things we need to have both in life, work and relationships.  It is in my opinion a fundamental to success in every shape and form.  It determines how we tackle a problem, how we maintain our relationships in life and it helps other people understand and respond to us when we interact with them. Our country has a youth that suffers from an attitude of instant gratification and the need to have their wants and desires satisfied immediately.  They often portray an attitude of entitlement, as though the world and in some cases, their history owes them something, for nothing.  But life teaches, that nothing comes to those who do not exercise an attitude of success and achievement, without continual practice.  My son asked me why he cant hit the ball as well as his old man (and I have to be honest it feels great to still have a few things in life, where I am still able to hold my own for now) and the only defining issue I could think of, was the practice I put in as a young boy.  It led me to think that I have already been practising my chosen profession for close on 20 years and although I have not perfected it by any stretch, I do see that the practice has given me a changed attitude to where I would like my next few years to count.  I hope to be able to teach my children and indeed other young people, the art of practising their attitude and I have no doubt that if more time were spent on the youth of today dedicating time and effort to this cause, then we could see a next generation of South Africans, that do not expect to "receive" from a previous disadvantaged past, but rather devote their life (practice) to an attitude of accomplishment and a desire to make this country successful.  It starts with education and this leads to trades, industry, the economy and a general respect for life, which is sorely lacking in our society.  I hope my practice of property law and development leads me to greatness (not necessarily financial) but certainly, to leave a legacy befitting of the makers mantle of, "well done thy good and faithful servant".  Hope your attitude leads you also to be the best you can be in your sphere of influence - so go for it!