{"id":3363,"date":"2018-09-17T22:30:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T22:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2019-03-11T00:53:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T00:53:48","slug":"no-amount-of-ambition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/no-amount-of-ambition\/","title":{"rendered":"No Amount of Ambition Can Make Up For a Lack of Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Knowledge makes up for any lack of ambition. However, no amount of ambition can make up for a lack of knowledge. I will now prove my claim using, among other tools, The Peter Principle.<\/p>\n

The Peter Principle is about rising, in your workplace, to your highest incompetence level. I read that The Peter Principle is our military model. Having not served, I cannot verify that reference. However, I do know The Peter Principle currently guides corporate America.<\/p>\n

Under Peter Principle influence, knowledgeable associates subverted by more ambitious coworkers are not heard, which ruins American productivity. Personally, I think America elected President Trump in defiance of The Peter Principle and decades of ambitious abuses. Anyway…<\/p>\n

I think corporate ambition means incompetence, inefficiency, opportunism, and survivalist behavior. I\u2019ve seen, first hand, how The Peter Principle negatively affects team morale. However, I also believe we are (gratefully) headed back to a corporate business structure that is merit-based. <\/p>\n

Merit is our reward for competence, which is the space where knowledgeable people work. To me, knowledge means competence and efficiency, personal responsibility, and team-building skill. Knowledge, therefore, requires a virtuous goal. Corporate ambition\u2019s only requirement is selfishness.<\/p>\n

We were taught to believe ambition, \u201cdesire and determination to achieve success\u201d, is a good quality. However, from my experience, I find that definition does not apply to corporate workers. My expanded ambition definition for them is (a\/the) \u201cdesire and determination to achieve success by sticking your nose up your bosses\u2019 shaded recess to distract them from noticing you\u2019re a useless idiot who promises more than you can ever possibly deliver.\u201d <\/p>\n

I made myself laugh, but only because I\u2019m not in the rat-race. I never felt the need to climb over or step on anyone else to get a dollar or a fleeting feeling of security. Hence, I chose to teach the game of golf. <\/p>\n

You see, ambitious corporate people have no use for knowledge-based enterprises, because there is no short-cut. Acquiring knowledge takes time and a different kind of ambition. Knowledge rules where corporate ambition starves, because resources ultimately flow to secure knowledge. Why? Because correct answers have no good alternatives. <\/p>\n

Likewise, I have no competition for answering golf\u2019s most important questions. Consequently, YOU have no alternative for truth, which is both a happy and sad. But, take heart. My mission is educating your golf swing. Open Stance research completed my golf swing education. I\u2019ll help complete yours\u2019.<\/p>\n

My goal here is to guide you to a better golf game. Therefore, I resolve to assist your self-directed golf improvement by providing analogies, corollaries, and every correct answer. Here is your first step….<\/p>\n

Open your stance, and play golf.<\/p>\n

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John Wright – Founder
\nThe Open Stance Academy<\/p>\n