{"id":1068,"date":"2009-12-01T08:24:44","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T14:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2009-12-01T08:24:44","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T14:24:44","slug":"what-tiger-woods-is-learning-about-the-brave-new-wireless-wall-less-worn-out-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/what-tiger-woods-is-learning-about-the-brave-new-wireless-wall-less-worn-out-world\/","title":{"rendered":"What Tiger Woods is Learning About The Brave New, Wireless, Wall-less, Worn-Out World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"By now we all know that Tiger Woods is mired in a PR nightmare.\u00a0 Something\u2019s going on that he\u2019s hiding; behind what, he\u2019s not saying.\u00a0 At least, that\u2019s what we think.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because Tiger Woods is failing to learn one thing that is true for everyone in this brave new, wireless, wall-less world.\u00a0 And that\u2019s the concept of transparency.<\/p>\n

The Scriptures tell us to present before all<\/em> people things that are honest and open.\u00a0 That\u2019s how we should live our entire lives.\u00a0 With the Internet, social media, and instant communication, there is no distinction any longer between public, private, and personal (or at least not as much as there used to be).\u00a0 And if you\u2019re a public person you\u2019ll understand very quickly that your private life can become public domain before you know it.<\/p>\n

We may never know what\u2019s going on, and maybe it\u2019s none of our business.\u00a0 Maybe there are things that should stay between Tiger, his wife, and whoever else is involved.\u00a0 But the one thing Tiger is learning that we all need to learn is this: honesty, openness, and transparency are demanded of our influences these days.<\/p>\n

No more deals in the background, no more hiding, and no more living double lives. Everything will ultimately come out in the open.\u00a0 Everything you write is permanently on the Internet.\u00a0 Everything you do, as Bud Adams, owner of the Tennessee Titans found out, can be recorded across the field on an iPhone video.\u00a0 We\u2019re always on stage.\u00a0 And our lives should be lived so openly, honestly, and yes, even at times innocently that we would not be embarrassed in pubic by what we do in private<\/p>\n

I know the sting of public scrutiny.\u00a0 And here\u2019s what I\u2019ve learned: when you know it, tell it.\u00a0 Be open and honest. Even if it stings at first, it will sting a lot less.\u00a0 Where you\u2019ve sinned and fallen, make a full confession.\u00a0 Don\u2019t call it a mistake<\/em>; call it what it is \u2013 a sin<\/em>.\u00a0 You didn\u2019t stumble; you made a choice.\u00a0 Own up to it, do the right thing, ask for forgiveness and understanding<\/strong>, and I\u2019ve found that people are amazingly gracious when you\u2019re honest.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t just something Tiger is learning.\u00a0 It\u2019s something we all need to learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By now we all know that Tiger Woods is mired in a PR nightmare.\u00a0 Something\u2019s going on that he\u2019s hiding; behind what, he\u2019s not saying.\u00a0 At least, that\u2019s what we think.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because Tiger Woods is failing to learn one thing that is true for everyone in this brave new, wireless, wall-less world.\u00a0 And that\u2019s … Continue reading “What Tiger Woods is Learning About The Brave New, Wireless, Wall-less, Worn-Out World”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}