How do you define integrity in yourself and in others? Here are a few related posts you may have missed.
“Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.”
“Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.”
“You can lean over backwards so far that you can fall flat on your face.”
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Are you a pushover? How often do you let others in your world take advantage of you?
Where have you become so flexible to the intentions and interests of others that you have lost your backbone and sense of self?
Let’s face it—It is impossible to get everyone to like us. If you have tried to do so by bending over backwards, accommodating what other want, you are destined to fall flat on your face or at least lose your way.
Where and with whom in your world is it time to straighten and strengthen your backbone?
Where would a boost of personal integrity and resolve to live life on your terms have others look to you for leadership in your various communities?
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Everyone is watching! Your friends, colleagues, and especially your children are always keeping tabs on you. They don’t miss a trick.
What do they see and hear? How pleased would you be if you were forced to binge watch the last 24 hours of your life?
Over the past few months our two adult children have been our coaches and partners as we prepare to move from Michigan to Pennsylvania to be closer to family and friends. It is very gratifying to quietly sit back and see their generous examples of fairness, caring, and integrity coming back full circle.
How and in what ways is your own good example the best coaching you can offer your children and others in your personal and professional communities?
How do you define integrity in yourself and in others? Here are a few integrity-related posts you may have missed.
“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.”
“Bad company corrupts good character.”
What is your relationship to the character trait of integrity?
How do you relate to others who are more talk and less action?
To what degree can you be counted on in both good and challenging times?
What oaths, vows, promises, and other commitments have you made over the years in which your integrity was impeccable?
What has it cost you and those around you when your ratio of saying to doing exceeds the number one?
One place to look is in the area of trust and its impact on the important relationships in your life.
Please check out my Trust-o-Meter Assessment to explore potential ways you may wish to bolster your integrity and strengthen the trusting relationships you desire.
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Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, and Founding Father who served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the principle author of the Declaration of Independence and a significant proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights.
Today’s quote points to the importance of personal character, honesty, and integrity in holding each other to the highest standards of personal conduct.
What might Jefferson think about our world today, where, for all intents and purposes, the world really is watching our every move?
How pleased and proud are you regarding your personal and professional conduct? Where is there room for higher standards you wish to live by and show the world?
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Who have been the most influential people throughout your life, helping to shape your character?
Examine your most favorable and admirable traits to see when they were developed. What made you decide, intentionally or by default, to adopt your temperament, personality, and general approach to life?
On the flip side, what are some of your bad habits and less desirable character traits? What people or other factors influenced these qualities and behaviors to become your less than optimal self?
Take a good long and objective look at the company you keep. Where is it time for an upgrade? Where might you perhaps delete some viruses or other character software running in the background?
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Who are the blabbermouths in your life? Who are the people who go on and on about their ideas, beliefs, and opinions, and never seem to take a breath? How do you feel around them?
To what degree might people in your world place you on their list of those who are more focused on being interesting rather than interested?
What makes these individuals even more troublesome is that on many, if not most, occasions, they appear to be all talk and very little action.
Who are the people in your life who are impeccable with their words? How would your life be enhanced if you and others lived up to what comes out of your mouth more often?
Consider reading or re-reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz for some added wisdom on this topic.
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How do you stack up as a good neighbor or close friend?
Consider rating yourself from one to ten – with one being low and ten being high – regarding the following attributes of the word, virtue:
How can and will you attract more professional and personal friends and neighbors to yourself by living an even more virtuous life?
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Over the past year or so, most of us have become aware of the dramatic increase in “Fake News.” During the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, various news outlets went to considerable lengths to disentangle the outright lies and half truths, and get to the facts.
Unfortunately, on many occasions, the truth seems far less interesting than the fake news. Since all media outlets seek greater attention and higher ratings, the path to the truth can be slow and laborious.
Where and on what matters can and will you “lace up” the truth in your personal or professional communities, to bring far greater integrity to the world?