It’s no secret that men have a reputation for cheating.  So we are not necessarily surprised when a new name joins the ranks.  Yet, women still have high hopes that there are men who don’t, and secretly root for the ones who are unblemished.  We were led to believe Tiger was one of them.  It was a blow to discover he was not. Furthermore, his affairs imply more that bad judgment.  The smack of intent is what has left people (particularly his endorsers and women) offended.

You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t deceive everyone forever.  Sooner or later your sins will find you out.  And when they do there will be hell to pay, as he is realizing.  Whatever kind of life we have or whatever we’re blessed to accomplish, at the end of the day it’s our character, not the things, that will define us. Either Tiger didn’t know or failed to properly consider it.  Now he must deal with the consequences.

Athtletes don’t endure hours of rigorous training simply to hit the mark.  Their goal is to master it.  They know that the more they rehearse a movement, the more they will be able to do it.  Practice makes them better, but perfect practice makes them victorious. 

Like the athlete you, too, must immerse your goals in practice.    Long-term, committed, repetitious practice.   Not for the mere sake of memorizing movements, but for the perfection that mastery can produce.  The road will lead to victory, and the reward at the end will be great.