Dustin Johnson & The 2020 Masters
What it takes to be a ‘winner.’ Slanting the ‘odds’ in your favor.
You have to decide you are a ‘winner,’ no matter what happens, if you want to be a winner (in any endeavor) (in any sport) (in any discipline).
This is because, underneath ‘reality,’ reality is (the conservation of) a circle.
Winning and Losing
That is you cannot have a winner without a loser. Because you cannot have a circumference without a diameter.
This means, as we all know, if you truly want to be a winner, you have to ‘stay in the game’ when you are (continually) a loser.
Meaning, technically, over time, a loser is a winner, just by staying in the game.
50–50 Edge
This doesn’t mean every golfer will win the Masters at Augusta. But it does mean, if you want to win the Masters, you have to pay attention to your game, and every other person’s game, in order to give your ‘self’ an ‘edge.’ And, then, an eventual win (at the Masters).
Dustin Johnson was a winner at many other championships before he won the Masters. As well, he was competing (and will always compete) with many other winners, before, and during, the Masters.
Meaning, he is (and was) (and will always be) well aware there is an element of ‘luck’ invovled in winning any game. This is because underneath it all, even though we may not ‘believe’ it, 50–50 is the ‘winner’ (and, also, the loser) in any ‘game.’
Winners in any sport bend the ‘law of probability’ to their advantage through ‘experience.’ This means, over time, they (all of us) learn from their mistakes. And, also, their successes. They know they have the talent. And, they also know, they have demonstrated the ‘use’ of their ‘talent.’ So, they have to manage their emotions while involved in any (every) game. So their talent does not ‘go to waste.’
Managing and Releasing Emotion
This explains why Johnson could not speak when Amanda Balionis tried to ask him about his game (and his, obvious, win). He was brought to tears, and he brought all of us to tears. Because he was releasing (we were all releasing) the emotion he had controlled while playing his ‘game.’ (While he played all of his games.)
Everyone was in his ‘corner.’ So to speak. And, we all shared his victory. Because we all know, underneath it all, he had done, all along the way, what it took to ‘win.’ A ‘major.’
Conservation of a Circle
This is conservation of a circle at its best. It’s why we watch games. Why we all participate in games. And why we all win games. And lose games. Half-the-time.
