The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do

number-one player at the University of Tennessee and was
so confident that golf was where his future lay that he didn’t
bother to graduate.
Matt went on to play professional golf for a year until
one day when an acute pain in his wrist that started in
college began to worsen. The pain crept all the way up the
left side of his body and eventually became so crippling that
he was forced to see a doctor. Diagnosed with acute
tendonitis, he was told he could either undergo serious
surgery or cut back on golf. He opted for the latter. That’s
when he decided he didn’t want to play the game as badly
as he thought he did. But what else could he do? Golf was
all he had ever known, all he had ever expected, and all he
had ever wanted. And now, unexpectedly, the plan was
changing.
In the pursuit of our life’s work, we will encounter
obstacles and challenges that we think are a disruption to the
course, something to overcome. But in fact, these very
obstacles are sometimes the means to success. With
nowhere to turn, Matt went to work for his dad at
Knollwood Fairways in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
Working at the course as an instructor, he discovered a new
skill: online marketing.
Most nights he would stay up late, building websites and
advertising campaigns for golf classes that, ironically, he
had no desire to teach.
He had absolutely no interest in the business he was
helping build.