Follow your bliss and the universe will open
doors where there were only walls.
—Joseph Campbell}
Scotland:
You’re Hired!T
his story started two years ago and, as of November of 2008,
had a happy ending. I had spent five years reviewing sites
throughout Europe for a golf course and turned down over 200
possibilities for development.Then in 2006 I saw the links land at
Menie Estate, which is in northeast Scotland’s Grampian Region.
I had never seen such a dramatic unspoiled seaside landscape—it
had three miles of spectacular oceanfront and sand dunes of im-
mense proportions. To put it mildly, I was excited. I knew this was
the right place for my golf course, and I had two additional reasons
for that: My mother was born in Scotland, and Scotland is the birth-
place of golf.
This would be a labor of love for me, and I couldn’t wait to
get started on my plans. Well, two years later, I can finally get
started. After I got full approval to go ahead, I realized this would
be a great business lesson for you to hear about. It’s about deter-
mination and perseverance.