Summary of Stephen Goodwin's Dream Golf

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#1 In 1985, Mike Keiser acquired sixty acres of wooded sand dunes in New Buffalo, Michigan. He was able to pay cash for the land, and he and his wife, Lindy, co-founded Recycled Paper Greetings, which generated annual sales of roughly $100 million.

#2 Mike Keiser, a lifelong golfer, was also an armchair golf course architect. He knew he’d never be a scratch golfer, but his score wasn’t the measure of his satisfaction in the game. He spent hours cutting brush on his family’s property, ridding it of the grapevines that grew luxuriantly.

#3 Mike’s program called for oceans, waterfalls, and breath-taking beauty. It contemplated the appropriation of a small town. It discussed sums of money that were significant, especially when the money would be coming straight out of Mike’s pocket. It seemed almost to have been written in haste.

#4 The author, Howard McKee, was hired to redesign the property in the early 1980s. He became friends with the founder of the Esalen Institute, Michael Murphy, and he believed in synchronicity. He saw meaning and purpose in events that seemed random to others.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822536418

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In 1985, Mike Keiser acquired sixty acres of wooded sand dunes in New Buffalo, Michigan. He was able to pay cash for the land, and he and his wife, Lindy, co-founded Recycled Paper Greetings, which generated annual sales of roughly $100 million.

#2

Mike Keiser, a lifelong golfer, was also an armchair golf course architect. He knew he’d never be a scratch golfer, but his score wasn’t the measure of his satisfaction in the game. He spent hours cutting brush on his family’s property, ridding it of the grapevines that grew luxuriantly.

#3

Mike’s program called for oceans, waterfalls, and breath-taking beauty. It contemplated the appropriation of a small town. It discussed sums of money that were significant, especially when the money would be coming straight out of Mike’s pocket. It seemed almost to have been written in haste.

#4

The author, Howard McKee, was hired to redesign the property in the early 1980s. He became friends with the founder of the Esalen Institute, Michael Murphy, and he believed in synchronicity. He saw meaning and purpose in events that seemed random to others.

#5

Mike Keiser, the greeting card mogul, is a partner in the company. He has no interest in the various trappings of corporate structure, and he avoids flash and ostentation. He goes to work in casual, comfortable clothes.

#6

Mike has large features, a thatch of steel-gray hair, and blue eyes that are remarkably clear and unwavering. He is good at puns. He is not the kind of boss who makes work. He hates to waste time. He does not stand on ceremony or insist on protocol.

#7

Mike was always determined to go into business. His father, a World War II pilot and winner of the Navy Cross, was a stockbroker, and his grandfather was a schoolteacher who changed careers and became a prominent banker in Binghamton, New York.

#8

Mike was a member of the Class of 1963, which was one of the most successful in the history of the Nichols School. He went to Amherst, and after a rough start due to his suspension for throwing snowballs, he graduated with his entering class.

#9

Mike was a typical college student, not very focused or driven, and he hit the books just hard enough to maintain his standing in the dead center of his class. He did play college golf, and kept his handicap down in the single digits.

#10

Mike and Lindy were married in 1968. He was trained in Explosive Ordnance Demolition, and he was stationed in Virginia Beach. His at-sea duty was to look after the underwater portion of the huge ship.

#11

Mike did not want to go back to school, so he sold something that was 100 percent recycled. The company took off when they met Sandy Boynton, an artist who was the artistic vehicle, engine, and motor for the company.

#12

The headquarters of RPG is a three-story brick building on a quiet street two blocks