Morning Motivator - Your Words Worth

"When you sacrifice your integrity, you erode your most precious leadership possession."
- David Cottrell

In a given day you are faced with many CRITICAL decisions - most of which you may overlook as SIMPLE.

Decisions, such as, whether or not to tell a client that your product or service will not FULLY meet their needs. The option to lead a potential competitor in the WRONG direction about a contact's info. Even, sharing your long term INTENTIONS with an organization making decisions that will affect you and them.

At the core your decisions are made around your INTEGRITY. This is your commitment to be HONEST and FORTHRIGHT with others about the information that is CRITICAL to their future success. This IS your most important character trait... ABOVE all others!

2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
When DETERMINING the "proper" decision in any situation, always consider the long term implications of your choice. This is similar to the ETHICS classes you took in high school or college.

If the info you share (or withhold) will cause CONFLICT as a result, then make sure to be up front... Even if it causes you to:
- Lose a deal
- Miss an opportunity
- Bypass a job opportunity

By PROTECTING your INTEGRITY, you can expect increased RESPECT, OPPORTUNITIES and TRUST from the people that make the best impact in your life!

Cheers,
Zach

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