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Belgian’s top woman golfer gave a talk on the subject of "Overcoming barriers in Business" and bendy fruit.There are many ways to begin a motivational talk but waving fruit is not usually one of them. As we waited for stragglers, sipping our drinks, a tall woman, all in black, was going over her notes and eyeing a banana on the table. Myself and other internationals had gathered in the lounge area of Brussels’ Espace 53 to hear Belgian’s top woman golfer on the subject of "Overcoming barriers in Business".
Banana clutched firmly in her hand, she began with "Hi, I’m Lara Tadiotto and I am really nervous". It so happens they were the first words she said when she met one of her heroes Laura Davies on the first tee at a tournament.
Lara talked us through her history, born in South Africa and at three months the family moved to the Congo where she stayed until she was fifteen then onto Belgium. Her mother, seated close by, beamed with maternal pride as she watched her daughter confront one of her own fears: talking in public. "I’m actually very shy." And yet she can stand in front of crowds and strike that little golf ball. Horses for courses as they say in the racing world.
Lara has been top of her profession in Belgium for what seems like forever. She took up golf properly at 19 and within only a year was Belgium’s number one. It took her only another two years to join the pro circuit and stand on the tee shoulder-to-shoulder with the world‘s best. At 35... "I can still beat all the young Belgian women coming through," she said with obvious delight.
Lara guided us through how to deal with pressure and its attendant obstacles.
She talked of controlling emotions - vital on the first tee when you’re up against the likes of Laura Davies - by putting them aside, since "emotions can reduce by 50 percent your ability to do your job, no matter where you work."
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