by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE
If you aren't honest with the rest of the world, how can you
hope to be
honest with yourself? Honesty isn't what you say you believe, it's
what you
model, encourage, reward and let happen every day.
Come with me for a moment to Oklahoma. One of my friends,
proud father Bobby
Lewis, was taking his two little boys to play miniature golf. "It's
three
bucks for you," the attendant drawled, "and three bucks for any kid
who's
older than six. They get in free if they're six or younger."
Bobby said, "Well, Mikey's three and Jimmy's seven, so I owe
you $6.00." The
attendant looked surprised. "Hey mister, do you like throwing your
money
away? You could have told me the big one was only six and saved three
bucks.
I wouldn't have known the difference."
"Yes," Bobby said, "but the kids would have known the difference."
Daring to take responsibility for your own life requires
truthfulness and
honesty in all your dealings, both with yourself and with others. As
an
individual or a company, what you do in private is as important as
what you
do in public.
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