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Many people don’t understand how interlinked their honesty and integrity are in their businesses as well as in their personal lives. People can say they’re honest but their actions, over time, will often show another story. As an example, let’s say you have an offline business in your community where you sell family oriented merchandise. This business naturally puts you in close contact with children and their parents. You might sell quality products and deliver more and better service than is expected but your business and reputation in the community can be completely destroyed by personal actions that are not related to your business. You might be able to recover from the blow if your failing was drunk driving, or domestic violence but an arrest for pornography would be the end of your stature in the community and the trust you’d built in your business.
My take on integrity is that when you give your word that you’ll do something you do it within the stated time frame even if it costs you financially or personally. I realize emergencies and unforeseen circumstances happen but they aren’t the customer’s problem or your friend/neighbor, etc. that you promised. If you cannot keep your word, it is the same as lying and it’ll reflect poorly on you and/or your business. The damage can sometimes be mitigated by completely explaining the situation to the recipient and offering them bonuses as compensation for their inconvenience or as an I’m sorry. We should always strive to deliver more than the customer expects. The reason is that cheerfully delivering more than expected will result in a happy customer. Happy customers are more likely to purchase again and they may also become a walking testimonial that will help your business grow. Everything is energy based. It doesn’t matter if you are looking at human cells, rocks, plants or animals. Look at anything under an electron microscope and you’ll see they all have atoms. Each atom has elements that are positively, negatively and sometimes neutrally charged. If you accept the fact that everything is made up of atoms which are electrically charged, you should accept the following statement. ‘We are connected to everything through our energy and everything is connected to us through this same energy.’ Anyone that thinks about that and accepts it should see that everything we do either positive or negative is creating energy waves that are positive or negative. This includes our positive and negative thoughts. If you are working to gather wealth but constantly lie, cheat or think bad things about the people you interact with, you are putting out much more negative energy than positive energy to your chances or reaching your goals are very slim because you are out of harmony with nature. By knowing what you desire and working in a positive environment with a positive outlook that your actions will help attract your desire, you are helping nature present opportunities to you that’ll help you reach your desired result. |
