Integrity Isn’t Hard
At the risk of sounding like one of those inspirational posters, I’m going to talk today about a decidedly non-technical subject: Integrity. There’s nothing more important to me, and I think to a successful life and career, than doing what you say and saying what you do. I put integrity above many other traits, since I think the others flow directly from it. Integrity leads to respect, empathy, honesty, humility, diligence–the list could go on and on.
It’s also a scarce resource, since for some reason it eludes most people. This puzzles me, because it’s really not that hard to do. If you’re finding it difficult, remember these things:
- Be on time
- Return people’s calls and emails in a timely manner
- Follow through on promises, but have the courage to say no
- Lead by example
- Always do things that in hindsight will make you proud
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[...] It’s like fixing your house. Let’s say you want to redo your bathroom, but in the process of ripping out all of the old fixtures you discover that the joists in the floor were never built right. Do you just ignore the problem and put in all the new stuff and hope for the best? Or do you suck it up and absorb the cost and time impacts of replacing the joists? Well, if you want your house to last another 30 years, you do the latter. If you don’t give a shit, well then you need to get some integrity. [...]
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