Build character through integrity
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This document provides guidance on building character through integrity. It discusses that integrity is one of the few things in life that cannot be taken away. It then outlines a 5 step process to improve yourself by building your character: 1) understand what character and integrity are, 2) choose principles to lead a happy life, 3) look at past choices and adherence to principles, 4) decide what needs to change to align with principles, and 5) be conscious of daily decisions and progress toward goals. Maintaining a journal can help track progress in sticking to values.
Build character through integrity
- 1. Build Character Through Integritywww.humanikaconsulting.com
- 2. " The first step before anyone else in the world believes it is that you have to believe it " - Will Smith
- 3. “The wonderful thing about character and integrity, which are intimately related, is that they're one of the few things in life that no one will ever be able to forcefully take away from you.”
- 4. “Your choices are your own. Even if someone can take your life, they can't force you to make a choice that you believe is wrong.”
- 5. ACTIONS !“The actions below cannot be done at once, nor should they be. Each of them takes time to fully understand and apply towards your life.”
- 6. Learn about your own virtues and values, and how they correspond to your life and the world around you.
- 7. “Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you'll never, ever have enough.” –Oprah
- 8. 5 Steps to improve yourself by building your character
- 9. 1Understand what character and Integrity are.
- 10. 2Choose a set of rules, morals, or principles that you believe will lead to a happy, satisfying, and righteous life, as well as a better world
- 11. Look at the choices you've made in your past, and observe how much you have or haven't lived by those principles.3
- 12. 4Decide what you must change in your behavior to align your life more closely to what you believe.
- 13. 5Be conscious every day of the decisions you make, however big or small, and how close they bring you to being the person you really want to become.
- 15. Keep a journal, and record your progress every day
- 16. You'll probably feel your self-confidence and personal strength growing as you face and overcome challenges in sticking to your values, whatever they may be.
- 17. Consult the life and work of Victor Frankl"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way."
- 18. Warning
- 19. The fact that nobody's perfect doesn't mean violating what you believe is right. It's good to learn from our mistakes, but we don't always need to make mistakes in order to learn. Remember that striving to be perfect and being perfect are two different ideas; the former is integrity, the latter is futility.
- 20. Your character is unique. It may not match with anybody else. So do not try for it. Build it on the basis of your own aptitude and inner light within you. Self assessment, self evaluation, introspection etc work well, but never get disheartened by petty failures and criticism revolving around failures. Stand firm on your convictions. You are bound to succeed.
- 21. “To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are.” -Muhammad Ali
- 22. 1NDONESIA