You can tell a lot about a person’s character by playing a round of golf with them.  It doesn’t matter if it’s mini-golf or real golf.  The basic principles are the same.  Golf is a game of honor.  Each player is responsible for enforcing rules on their own game.  It would be pretty easy to hit two strokes and only count one.  You may be the only one who knows you cheated but what will that really get you?

In any part of life, either business or personal, wouldn’t you want to deal with honest people?   Some people feel it’s okay to bend the rules as far as they can without breaking the rules.  There are also those who think it’s okay to break the rules if it benefits them but not okay if it benefits others.  No matter how you look at the situation, it’s better to be honest with yourself and others.  You will get a lot farther in life.

So the next time you make a new friend or business contact, invite them to play golf.  You may learn a lot about them that you wouldn’t have known otherwise.

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