
“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”.Psychologist Carl Rogers (1961) argued that “a person, who sacrifices authenticity to preserve a partial or rigid self-image, or to deceive or manipulate others, likely sacrifices much potential for personal growth and positive change.” Disintegration is a powerful opposite defined as destroying unity or breaking into parts. The word integrity comes from the Latin word integritas which means whole, complete and entire. It is classified as a virtue of courage, indicating that it often takes courage to do the right thing. “in which people are true to themselves, accurately representing–privately and publicly–their internal states, intentions and commitments. Radical Honesty – Holding Space For Truth–Insight Timer.Martha Beck: The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self on The Chris Voss Show Podcast.
Being Truthful – How Honesty Nourishes Love–Tara Brach. The Power of Integrity: Building a Life Without Compromise by John MacArthur. Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality by Henry Cloud. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father’s wisdom. With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. Set your long-term priorities according to these convictions. Identify your area of strongest moral convictions.
Try to act in a manner that is consistent with what you say.
Monitor whether your next five significant actions match your words and vice-versa. Use your moment-to-moment level of satisfaction to gauge your integrity. inauthentic and less than honest actions. Rate your satisfaction with authentic, honest, and genuine deeds vs. Try to be forthcoming in your dealings with others. Monitor to catch lies of omission (such as not volunteering important information when selling a used item) and think how you would feel if someone did the same to you. Tayyab Rashid and Afroze Anjum offer 340 Ways to Use VIA Character Strengths including these four for Honesty/Integrity: At the end of each day, identify those instances in which you were attempting to impress others or appear to be someone you are not. Try to make your daily list shorter every day. Monitor yourself and make a list of every time you tell a lie, even if it’s a small one. If you do tell one, admit it and apologize right away. Refrain from telling small, white lies to friends (including insincere compliments). Put into action the recommendations from the Authentic Happiness Coaching Newsletter on Honesty: Top 10 ( rank order) strengths expressed at work: honesty, judgment, perspective, fairness, perseverance, love of learning, leadership, zest, curiosity, social intelligence.
In a study of character strengths and adolescent peer relationships, the strengths deemed most desirable/important in a friend were honesty, humor, kindness, and fairness, and those most connected with higher peer acceptance were perspective, love, kindness, social intelligence, teamwork, leadership, and humor ( Wagner, 2018). After controlling for IQ, strengths of perseverance, fairness, gratitude, honesty, hope, and perspective predicted GPA ( Park & Peterson, 2008a).
Rank order of Honesty in populations from:.Yes, strengths can be overused…or underused