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Ryan Kalista started golf late as a teenager, tried to walk-on at Methodist several times, but missed by a stroke.  Being a PGM student at Methodist, Ryan served one of his internships at Innis Arden in Greenwich, CT where he spent the first 10 years of his professional career at.  Ryan battled and overcame a deadly form of skin cancer as while being outside and teaching as a Golf Instructor, but that didn't halt Ryan from pursuing his dream to become a head golf professional in Greenwich, CT before he reached the age of 40. At age 39, Ryan earned the position of Head Golf Professional at Tamarack Country Club in Greenwich, CT which to this day, makes him tingle with gratitude and appreciation.  Ryan's perspective, work ethic, ability to rebound, and relentless pursuit to achieve his dreams, is something all golf professionals can be enlightened by.  In his mind, there is no "Club Pro Crisis", as he is a living, breathing example of a kid who loved golf actually seeing his dreams come true to be a Head Golf Professional one day. On this episode, hear Ryan's story, perspective, and attitude on playing golf, working in golf, and loving the life of being a PGA Golf Professional in the MET Section in Greenwich, CT.

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The Golf Academy at St. Johns
Located at St. Johns Golf & CC in St. Augustine/St. Johns, FL
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Say hi to Nick and Scott! The founders of Freedom Golf.

Freedom Golf is a veteran owned and operated business that manufactures high end putters and wedges at affordable prices!!

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Nick served in the Marines for 6 years and Scott is a PGA pro. These guys grew up as childhood friends in a small town in Pennsylvania. They combined both their skills in business and golf to create a fantastic company!!

Listen to our conversation and learn about this rapidly growing business!!

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This week Andrew talks with golf swing and mindset coach Dr. Rick Sessinghaus about the role mental and emotional skills play in sports, business, and everyday life. Rick is the swing and mental coach for professional golfer and 2x Major Champion Collin Morikawa. In addition to his work on the golf course, Rick coaches some of the world’s top executives and teams.  Andrew and Rick explore the importance of simulating stressful situations, why staying curious is often the key to peak performance, how to achieve a “mastery mindset”, and so much more. This conversation is filled with lessons to help you reach your full potential in whatever you do. 

Show Highlights:
1:46 - How Rick became a golf coach
2:51 - Skills critical to being an effective coach
3:09 - Communication, relationships, and listening to others
3:40 - Developing communication skills
5:10 - Building rapport with an audience
6:05 - Role mental skills play in success
7:43 - Training your mind and building a strong mindset
11:05 - Coaching PGA Champion Collin Morikawa
11:30 - Practicing stressful situations
15:24 - Facilitating incremental growth in performance
16:44 - Understanding how and when to challenge someone
17:38 - Traits that make Collin Morikawa successful
19:04 - Mastery mindset
21:18 - Focusing on the right things
22:32 - Motivating others and finding their "why"
24:18 - Maintaining momentum when you have it
25:20 - Learning from success
25:42 - Getting back on track when things aren't going well
25:59 - The power of curiosity
28:00 - Maintaining your attention in a distracted world

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The last time we heard from Kraig Kann on the Getting Better Now podcast, he was giving a keynote (or as he tells us he doesn’t do keynotes, he does experiences) at the Golf Business Network annual members meeting in late January 2020.  So much has changed since we sat there not knowing what we were about to endure, but one thing that’s consistent is Kraig’s message. Communication mattered then, and it matters just as much if not more now.

If you don’t know, Kraig was one of the original anchors on the Golf Channel and spent nearly 20 years as a staple on the channel’s golf coverage.  Following the Golf Channel he served the LPGA as their Chief Communications Officer where he took part in a resurgence of the tour’s visibility and success.  He now leads his own company, Kann Advisory Group where he coaches business leaders to clarify and amplify their message.

In this episode we get to dive deeper in a one on one conversation into the importance of personal branding for your career, why knowing your story is critical and what questions to ask yourself to understand your message and what you have to offer.  All of this and a whole lot more are detailed in Kraig’s award winning book, “Can You Get Our Attention?”.  I encourage you to pick up a copy.

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For my money, building a successful career on the PGA Tour where you earn enough money that you’re not worried about your next check, where you’re not consistently losing your card,and you’re able to control your schedule, is as tough as making it any sport out there.  There are no guaranteed contracts.  There are no drafts, trades, or free agencies.  There’s you and your game vs. the best players in the world.  And if you don’t play well enough, your career is over. 

So if you manage to put together 10+ years on the PGA Tour that include 3 wins, you have a career that a lot of tour players would love to have.  And if you know where Jim Herman came from and his path to the tour, his career is even more impressive.  Jim always aspired to be on the PGA Tour, so he left college and hit the mini-tours.  Each fall he’d go to PGA Tour Qualifying School, and for six years in a row, he failed to make it to the final stage and get out at least to the Nationwide Tour, now the Korn Ferry Tour.  In between trips to Q school, he worked as a Golf Professional doing all of the duties that so many of us do each and every day, running clinics, placing orders, teaching lessons, and everything else.  And that’s where I met Jim. 

In 2006 and 2007, we were Assistant Professionals together in New Jersey and at that time, while Jim still felt strongly about chasing his dream of making it to the tour, reality was getting close to setting in.  Was life going to be playing and competing as a Club Professional and always wishing his dream came true?  Or could he actually make it out there?

In 2007, he finally made it through.  He had status on the Nationwide Tour.  A couple years later, he notched a win on that tour and made it to the big leagues.  There were plenty of bumps in the road that ensued, lots of ups and downs, lessons learned, and as Jim says...definitely some luck too.  

But as we enter the 2021 PGA Tour season, he’s still out there.  He’s exempt for two more seasons after his third career win last summer and at this point, life is good.  

He’s as humble as they come and that’s why he’s easy to root for.  I hope after this conversation you become a fan as well.  We get into some great insight into how he’s handled these pressure situations that feel like life or death at the time.  He’s a throwback to a former era before players relied on data, stats, and a coach standing behind them 24/7.  He’s proof that there are a lot of different ways to get it done out there, and more proof that through hard work, belief, and persistence, dreams can come true.

www.golfprofessionalgrowth.com

Are you using Golf Genius Software for your event management?  www.golfgenius.com

There’s no doubt that if you’re a listener to this podcast, you’re familiar with Golf Genius.  In fact, there’s a very good chance that you’re a user of one of their products.  

As the last decade progressed, Golf Genius eventually emerged as the leader in tournament management software.  Their client list is well into the thousands and spans the entire globe and at this point, there isn’t anyone even close to being a true competitor.

But what you may not know is how this all started.  The humble beginnings took place in the Philadelphia suburbs when a retired software exec wanted to write a program that would make planning the annual golf trip a whole lot easier.  So Golf Trip Genius was born.  As it became evident that Golf Trip Genius wouldn’t scale at a level to sustain a business, it’s founder, Mike Zisman, targeted golf leagues at public courses and eventually recruited a local PGA Professional to help get his foot in the door with Golf Genius at private clubs.  

As one of the first customers, I remember seeing this product for the first time.  No doubt the TV leaderboards and the event portals were a cool feature, but it was going to take some time before this little company could take down the bigger names in tournament management.  

Little did I know the level of determination, skill, and valuable experience that Mike brought to the table.  And thanks to that, and the efforts of 39 PGA Professionals, and the entire company, Golf Genius sits on top.  

Yes, Golf Genius is a sponsor of this show, and I’m proud to have them as a partner, but I invited Mike on the show because I wanted to learn more about his story, more about his leadership philosophy, and how he plans to keep Golf Genius in it’s current position.  As one of the innovators in email technology in the late 70’s, Mike has seen the entire internet age come to life.  From the outside looking in, it’s been a privileged career but not without an incredible level of hard work and dedication along with more than his fair share of adversity.  

Have you checked out www.golfprofessionalgrowth.com? 

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