There’s an idea in golf: professionals underreact, amateurs overreact.

We can imagine what this looks like. Recovering from errant shots. Sticking with the game plan. Responding with level-headed strategy rather than unbridled emotion.

This, compared to making bad things worse. To spiraling out of control. To losing perspective. To acting irrationally.

Underreaction: it's an approach that could serve us well in so many areas of life.