Jim Rogers – Gilroy Unified School District Board President
Favorite Book:
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Beyond the Fairway: Zen Lessons, Insights and Inner Attitudes of
Golf
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by Jeff Wallach
Jim Rogers – Gilroy Unified School District Board President
Favorite Book: “Beyond the Fairway: Zen Lessons, Insights and Inner Attitudes of Golf” by Jeff Wallach
Book synopsis: “Beyond the Fairway” is a guide for getting to the heart of golf and self, not by measuring one’s score, but by analyzing and reformulating how one thinks about the overall experience of the game.
Why is it your favorite book?: “I’m a golfer. I’m not a big spiritual or religious person, but I like the Zen concept of visualizing and positive thinking and how that can carry over into golf and then also into life.”
How did it change your life?:”I can’t say it actually changed my life, but the book talks about things like a bad shot in golf and instead thinking of it negatively the book suggests to think about it as an opportunity to make a good shot on the next hole. You can take that idea and carry it over into life.”
Why did you read the book?: “I read it three or four years ago for fun.”
In concert with the Gilroy Unified School District’s “Love of Literacy Week,” The Dispatch will ask high-profile folks around town to discuss their favorite books. Interviews will run through the end of “Literacy Week,” Nov. 18 to 22. For more information on the first-of-its-kind program here, call the district at
847-2700. The GUSD Web site (www.gusd.k12.ca.us) has a special home page listing literacy activities around the district.
