Yet Another Lesson for Life from Golf

This one is for the consideration of all when looking for a change in your professional life.
The game of golf can be divided into three parts. The long, short and putting.
For the uninitiated, long is the portion when you tee-off and typically would use a driver, a 3-wood or a No.3 or 4 iron. The shots that you play after teeing-off on your way to the green could be construed as the short game. And lastly is putting. When you have arrived on the green and are seeking the ultimate pleasure that is the quest of every golfer, hole after hole. The sight of the ball rolling into the cup!
One needs to focus on all three types of shots to be effective on the course.
For a sub-350 yard, Par 4 hole, you would probably need a driver shot followed by a short iron to reach the green. But if your tee shot has gone awry, you got to play your next shot with great care. And you need to play a long shot. If a 9-iron is in order for the second shot, you may need to play a 7 or even a 5 if required. But you can always bounce back into the game.
So it is with life. If you a get a good start you can probably keep ahead by just sticking to the basics. But in case you have been through the 'woods' or the 'rough' and have fallen behind by a stroke or two, you have got to take calculated risks. This may mean taking a hard look at whatever you were doing and the manner of doing. You will find the answers. And i would recommend that do not only think-out-of-the-box, pick up the gauntlet of going right out of the box. If you have been in HR get into Marketing!! Besides achieving success you will also learn a few important lessons.
But it is important to know yourself. Your strengths and weaknesses. What you can do and what you won't. I am not using the word "can't" because anything can be done. It is only subservient to what values would you stand for? So do this analysis and keep inventing yourself. Success shall be yours. Always and everytime.
Having said that, just as putting is very important for finishing the game well, so it is with any assignment in life. You not only have to start well, do well in the interim, you have to finish the assignment in style too.
Do this and you shall have the joy of seeing the dimpled ball rolling into the cup again and again and again.