My Personal Characteristics Of A Type A Personality

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As a type A personality, everything seems to come to me with ease; school and sports come naturally because of my constant drive to always be the best. A Type A personality accomplishes their goals and feels little satisfaction from their work, which can be troublesome and never allow a Type A’s to reach their full potential in life. Golf is a time where my Type A personality trait interferes with my performance. Over the weekend, I allowed my personality to interfere with my golf game when I attended the Chappy Wheeler Golf Tournament in Palm Desert. The game of golf has taught me numerous lessons throughout the years, including persistence, patience, respect and focus. Although I have never been pushed by my parents to do anything, I have …show more content…

I approach the tee box and meet my opponents. I begin my pre shot routine, with thoughts racing through my mind. I step back, I aim, I take my practice swing, I align myself and I duff the ball. I completely mis hit the ball in front of my competitors on my first drive of the day. Censure begins to form in my mind, I am absolutely furious. Not only did I mess up my first drive, but all my drives. I am appalled, my drives were perfect the day before. I cannot refocus myself every shot; however, I am able to persevere through the game, a lesson I have learned through practicing golf. Perseverance is crucial to everything I do as a Type A personality, because it allows you to work through harsh conditions. At the end of the two days, my coach explained to me that I can not focus on the other players or my last bad shot, I have to pull myself out of negative thinking and just do. His advice was difficult to take on, because I was upset for shooting a 222; a total of 87 strokes higher than my teammate, Sabrina. Although coach Grazier’s advice was tough to hear, by attending this tournament I gained a better sense of my self worth. In addition, I strengthened my sportsmanship skills and team spirit. All of my teammates were proud of me for playing in the tournament, without me playing they would not have had a team

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