Integrity means being consistent or congruent on the inside and the outside of one’s life. Integrity is all about saying what you mean and meaning what you say.
There is little integrity in business practices and in many relationships. Our guiding system as a culture is based more on what can be proven right or wrong in a court of law rather than on a simple custom of integrity.
That can sound rather impossible sometimes, can’t it? That can sound like we have to attain a standard of perfection in order to have integrity.
But I have come to understand that perfection is not required in order to be a person of integrity nor to achieve significance in life. The pursuit of excellence is what I am personally after.
It is not about perfection. It is about a relentless pursuit of integrity: deliberately making the choice to be the same on the inside as we are on the outside.
A life of integrity will be one of the most rewarding, successful, significant, impacting lives that you can imagine. Let’s all work towards this life together.
- Exercise:
What is one place in your life where you observe a lack of integrity?
Is it in word, thought, or deed?
What is a way that you can begin to strengthen your integrity in that area?
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