If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hope distinguishes between watching sports for fun, playing for recreation, and working in golf for money.
- In plain terms
- The motivation changes from fun to work depending on the activity.
- What can you take from it?
- Intentions define how we experience activity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does work become play?
- What makes an activity fun?
Another view
Not all professional golfers view their work as lacking fun.
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