intergety
...erson matches or exceeds his public person. It would do well for all people to remember this. For if we realize that true integrity is demonstrated in the small, private things, we will -- if indeed we really desire to be persons of integrity -- be forced to come to grips with who we really are. We will begin to notice how easy it is to walk past that trash on the floor, to pocket that quarter we find in the coin return, to fudge on our taxes, to drive by that stranded motorist, to postdate that check by a day, to park in that handicapped zone "just for a second," to hedge and cut corners and white-lie and shirk and procrastinate and do all those things that come so easy to human nature. Integrity is something deep and personal. It emanates from the core of a person's being. A person who desires it Integrity Here are a few thoughts in response to recent events in my life.....I think each of you can relate in same way or another. Loss in any form is just a part of life, but it’s the way you react to it that makes you who you are. Losing your girlfriend or your six-figure salary are never easy things to swallow, but it can be worse. In fact, it will be worse. 30 years from now you will look back at the way you handled situations, and you will be the harshest judge of your character. You will be the Russian judge in your life’s skating competition. Now, we are all 8’s in our own eyes. We’re not perfect 10’s because others would think we are egocentric. We’re not 1’s because we know in our minds that we are better than that. We are surely 8’s. Worse than losing status or losing money is the realization that you held up the wrong score card all these years: you aren’t the 8 you thought you were. Worse than that realization is only one thing: Losing your integrity. Integrity is your uprightness of character. It’s every reason inside you to be honest. It’s your soap crate in life’s town hall meeting. It’s your integrity that helps you stand up against the school bully. It’s your integrity that fuels your Integrity directly relates to the workplace and keeping one’s word. It is important to have integrity in the workplace because without it, there would be little reason for an employer to keep you. Employment is given with the trust that the person being hired will keep their end of the bargain by completing the necessary work they’ve been hired for. An employee that lacks integrity is worst than one that lacks skills. Skills can be taught at almost any point in one’s life. Integrity on the other hand, cannot be taught as easily. The importan...