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The Dangers of Integrity

December 3, 2013 by Colin Gautrey

Before publishing this article, I sent it to a couple of friends. One reacted strongly, telling me I was wrong. I'm just pleased he proved my point entirely! We all applaud people of integrity, don't we? Those who have a well-developed sense of right and wrong: strong values which they apply consistently in their lives. These people become highly trustable because they are reliable. My guess is that we are all still "work in progress" when it comes to integrity, mainly because we are all still learning. Each new experience contributes to our understanding of the world and how to live in it. Values nudge forward and are evolving within us all the time, even if we don't realise it. Yet every step Read More

Filed Under: The Blog, Top 50 Tagged With: build integrity, integrity, values

How to Protect Your Integrity

January 26, 2013 by Colin Gautrey

Integrity is about behaving consistently with a set of deeply held values and beliefs. Put another way, it means being true to yourself and usually involves a strong moral code relating to the way you interact with and treat other people (and yourself). Integrity differs from trust because it is inwardly focused rather than a judgement about someone else’s reliability. However, our own internal beliefs and values are the base on which we usually judge whether others have integrity. Do they act in Read More

Filed Under: Client Confidential Tagged With: integrity, protecting integrity, true to values, values

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