The Value of Intergrity

There is an old saying by Ralph Waldo Emerson that goes something along the lines of, "What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."

Could it be that one of things that clutters up our lives and our business relationships is a lack of truth and integrity?

I got to thinking about that this past week after an experience with a business that had great sounding words about integrity - man, it really made you want to be part of a business like that.

Unfortunately, the experience proved to be something different than the words and I lost faith in that business.

Thinking that over made me take a new look at how I do things. Do I always keep my word? Can others trust me when I tell them something?

Not only does a lack of truth and integrity destroy trust in others toward you, but it also destroys trust in you toward yourself. And that comes out in our actions in all kinds of ways that we are often unaware of.

I don't know about you, but I want to be a person of integrity. So I decided to add a little item to my daily to-do list for awhile. I call it an Intergrity Check.

At the end of the day, I simply take a few minutes to think back over the day and question whether there was anything I said or did that wasn't in integrity. Try it - you may surprise yourself at what you discover.

This may not be something you would normally think of when it comes to organizing, but think about how much untruth and dishonesty - even those little white lies - can clutter up your mind and heart and affect your life. Might be worth adding an Integrity Check to your daily list for a few weeks to see what comes up for you.