How’s Your Integrity?
Integrity
Why is integrity so important?
For starters, without integrity, you don't have self respect. Without self respect, you don't have self-esteem. Studies show that your level of self-esteem can lead to your success or failure.
Integrity might be less popular than ever these days since we are all being bombarded by the media with so many types of superficiality. Appearances seem to be everything with the emphasis on the external. The big problem with that is that there are no values except for external success, and external success, without internal success, will not sustain you.
Here are some points to test your integrity level:
- People who know me trust me to follow through on things.
- I'm seen as a loyal, dependable friend.
- I treat other people the way I'd like to be treated.
- I don't take advantage of my expense account.
- If my spouse is as faithful as I am, I'm satisfied.
In order to have integrity, you need to know who you are at the deepest level and know what you want. If you don't know these things, you can't be true to yourself. If you can't be true to yourself, you won't have integrity.
Ask yourself these questions:
- How do I want to live my life?
- What do I want to do for a living?
- What will bring meaning and fulfillment into my life?
If you feel you could have more integrity than you do right now, here are some steps you can take to increase it:
- Be honest with yourself and others.
- When you make decisions, ask yourself," Is this is the honest thing to do? How will it affect other people involved?"
- Model yourself after people you admire for their integrity.
- Speak with honesty and, even more important, act with honesty.
Integrity not only builds your self-esteem, it builds your reputation – how others see you, and how others see you is critical to your success.
How do you feel about your integrity?
Until next time...
Cheers!
Lisa
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