The Sweet Spot - Golf Podcast The Art of Reflection on Your Past Year w/ Kent Osbourne
Dec 22, 2025
Kent Osbourne, a performance coach and former psychotherapist, shares insights on the importance of reflecting before setting future goals. He emphasizes the need to analyze past experiences to shape one’s beliefs and actions. Kent outlines steps for goal-setting, including understanding motivations and cataloging best and worst moments. He advocates for journaling positive experiences to shift perspectives and suggests processing disappointments objectively to learn from them. Overall, he encourages a thoughtful approach to personal growth in golf and beyond.
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Start With Why You Play Golf
- Sit with a piece of paper and clearly answer why you play golf before setting goals.
- Use that clarity to shape realistic, emotionally aligned targets for the year.
Three Minds Shape Performance
- Your mind has multiple layers: conscious, subconscious, and unconscious.
- The subconscious timeline organizes memories and projects them into future identity.
Anchor Goals In Past Evidence
- Anchor goals with past evidence so your subconscious accepts them as possible.
- Make targets ambitious but rooted in memorable moments you've already achieved.