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Golf Lessons: Chips, Chunks and Cheers
John Baldoni likes to call himself the world’s worst golfer for as much golf as he plays. His lack of talent for the game has not dimmed his ardor for the game itself and the friends he has made playing it.
Golf Chips, Chunks and Cheers is a love letter to the game – a collection of poems about the experience of playing and camaraderie it can produce. Baldoni distills wisdom with wry insight and joy. Baldoni’s own photography makes Golf Lessons a book to read and re-read one poem or a handful at time.
Golf Lessons is a book that golfers will enjoy and those who do not play the game will want to give to loved ones who do.
Advance Praise for Golf Lessons
Golf Lessons is a delightful blend of humor, wisdom, and the nuanced art of the game we love. Through these poems, John Baldoni captures not just the rhythm of golf but the deeper lessons it imparts—humility, patience, camaraderie, and the joy of a well-struck ball (or even a shank). A must-read for anyone who finds their soul on the fairway."
Garry Ridge, Chairman Emeritus, WD-40 Company
John Baldoni is not afraid to illuminate the flaws of his own game for insights and laughs. After all golf is a game that teaches humility along with good fun.”
Alan Mulally, former CEO of Ford Motor Company and Boeing Commercial Airplanes
I don't play golf, but I live with someone who puts himself to sleep each night by going over and over his favorite shots. So I'm intimately familiar with the dread of the shank, the agony of the slump, the pressure of the birdie putt. Now Baldoni has engaged his poetry muse to produce an ode to the game that is famously beautiful and frustrating in equal measure. Highly recommend!
Sally Helgesen, author of How Women Rise and Rising Together
Golf Chips, Chunks and Cheers is a love letter to the game – a collection of poems about the experience of playing and camaraderie it can produce. Baldoni distills wisdom with wry insight and joy. Baldoni’s own photography makes Golf Lessons a book to read and re-read one poem or a handful at time.
Golf Lessons is a book that golfers will enjoy and those who do not play the game will want to give to loved ones who do.
Advance Praise for Golf Lessons
Golf Lessons is a delightful blend of humor, wisdom, and the nuanced art of the game we love. Through these poems, John Baldoni captures not just the rhythm of golf but the deeper lessons it imparts—humility, patience, camaraderie, and the joy of a well-struck ball (or even a shank). A must-read for anyone who finds their soul on the fairway."
Garry Ridge, Chairman Emeritus, WD-40 Company
John Baldoni is not afraid to illuminate the flaws of his own game for insights and laughs. After all golf is a game that teaches humility along with good fun.”
Alan Mulally, former CEO of Ford Motor Company and Boeing Commercial Airplanes
I don't play golf, but I live with someone who puts himself to sleep each night by going over and over his favorite shots. So I'm intimately familiar with the dread of the shank, the agony of the slump, the pressure of the birdie putt. Now Baldoni has engaged his poetry muse to produce an ode to the game that is famously beautiful and frustrating in equal measure. Highly recommend!
Sally Helgesen, author of How Women Rise and Rising Together
55 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 25, 2025
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About the author
John Baldoni
30 books14 followersJohn Baldoni is an internationally recognized keynote speaker and author of 16 books that have been translated into ten languages.
John’s thought leadership is reflected in his writing as well as his choice of media: columns, videos and books. John also integrates piano improvisations into his keynotes which he illustrates with his still life photos. John is also the host of LinkedIn Live’s GRACE under pressure interview series, a platform that has enabled him to interview more a hundred global business, academic and thought leaders and doers.
John’s books include Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis, Grace Notes: Leading in an Upside-Down World, GRACE: A Leader’s Guide to a Better Us, MOXIE: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership, Lead with Purpose, Lead Your Boss and The Leader’s Pocket Guide. Coming in April 2023 is Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis.
In 2022, Thinkers 360 named John a Top 10 Thought Leader for both Leadership and Management. Also in 2022, Global Gurus ranked John a Top 20 global leadership expert, a list he has been on since 2007. In 2021, the International Federation of Learning and Development named John a World-Class Mentor and named him to its Hall of Fame. In 2018 Inc.com named John a Top 100 speaker and Trust Across America honored John with its Lifetime Achievement Award for Trust. In 2014 Inc.com listed John as a Top 50 leadership expert.
John is also a member of the renowned 100 Coaches, a group of executive coaches and thought leaders from the worlds of business, academia and social service. 100 Coaches was founded by Marshall Goldsmith.
John established a career as a highly sought-after executive coach, where he has had the privilege of working with senior leaders in virtually every industry from pharmaceutical to real estate, packaged goods to automobiles, and finance to health care.
John has authored more than 800 leadership columns for a variety of online publications including Forbes, Harvard Business Review and Inc.com. John also produced and appears in a video coaching series for SmartBrief, a news channel with over 4 million readers. John is the author and host of two online leadership courses: “Leading through Change & Crisis” and “Leading with Resilience + Grace” for Methods of Leaders/100 Coaches. John’s leadership resource website is www.johnbaldoni.com
John’s thought leadership is reflected in his writing as well as his choice of media: columns, videos and books. John also integrates piano improvisations into his keynotes which he illustrates with his still life photos. John is also the host of LinkedIn Live’s GRACE under pressure interview series, a platform that has enabled him to interview more a hundred global business, academic and thought leaders and doers.
John’s books include Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis, Grace Notes: Leading in an Upside-Down World, GRACE: A Leader’s Guide to a Better Us, MOXIE: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership, Lead with Purpose, Lead Your Boss and The Leader’s Pocket Guide. Coming in April 2023 is Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis.
In 2022, Thinkers 360 named John a Top 10 Thought Leader for both Leadership and Management. Also in 2022, Global Gurus ranked John a Top 20 global leadership expert, a list he has been on since 2007. In 2021, the International Federation of Learning and Development named John a World-Class Mentor and named him to its Hall of Fame. In 2018 Inc.com named John a Top 100 speaker and Trust Across America honored John with its Lifetime Achievement Award for Trust. In 2014 Inc.com listed John as a Top 50 leadership expert.
John is also a member of the renowned 100 Coaches, a group of executive coaches and thought leaders from the worlds of business, academia and social service. 100 Coaches was founded by Marshall Goldsmith.
John established a career as a highly sought-after executive coach, where he has had the privilege of working with senior leaders in virtually every industry from pharmaceutical to real estate, packaged goods to automobiles, and finance to health care.
John has authored more than 800 leadership columns for a variety of online publications including Forbes, Harvard Business Review and Inc.com. John also produced and appears in a video coaching series for SmartBrief, a news channel with over 4 million readers. John is the author and host of two online leadership courses: “Leading through Change & Crisis” and “Leading with Resilience + Grace” for Methods of Leaders/100 Coaches. John’s leadership resource website is www.johnbaldoni.com
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