How to be an upright man?

The upright man is the least afflicted with unrest of all men; the unrighteous man is ever afflicted with unrest.

The Bible says, "That you may be blameless, honest, and without hypocrisy, children of God without blemish in this crooked and perverse generation." This is about practicing integrity and being honest and without hypocrisy.

Character is power, and in a deeper sense this statement is more true and powerful than knowledge is power. Spirit without soul, talent without behavior, and intelligence without good deeds have bad effects. We may be educated by them or may find them interesting. But we will not worship them, which is as difficult as it would be for us to worship the agility of a pickpocket or a knight who runs a horse on the highway.

Honesty, integrity, and kindness, qualities that are not relevant to everyone's life, are nevertheless among the most important aspects of a person's character. As an old man said, "Even in the absence of food and clothing, character is innately faithful to its virtues." A person with this quality can be astonishingly powerful and overwhelming once he becomes one with a firm goal.

Intrepidity is a traditional virtue, and I am afraid that some people think that it has long been outdated, but the reason why this traditional virtue has survived to the present day is precisely because the test of time has proved that it does have a strong vitality. Integrity and honesty are connected, and the reputation of integrity is closely linked to unswerving adherence to the truth and faithfulness to the faith, which is a solid foundation on which you can build the edifice of your life.

In America's industrial society, the competition for those with great promise was tough. Year after year, industrialists painstakingly study young people's grades in school, scrutinize their applications, and offer special privileges to those who fit the ideal. What, however, did they actually seek? Brains? Energy? Practical ability? Surely, all of these are needed. But these can only lead a person to a certain level of success, and if he is to climb to the top and take on the burden of commanding decisions, then one more factor must be added. With it, a man's energy can be utilized with double or triple effectiveness. This miraculous character is: integrity.

A man of integrity does not think one thing and say another, because it is practically impossible for him to lie; nor does he say one thing and do another, so that he does not violate his own principles. It is the absence of inner contradiction that gives a man the extra energy and clarity of mind that make him inevitably successful. Integrity also brings many benefits to a person: friendship, trust, admiration and respect. One of the reasons why mankind is so full of hope lies in the fact that people seem to have an almost instinctive ability to recognize integrity - and are irresistibly drawn to it.

Integrity is being true to yourself, practicing what you preach, and holding fast to your beliefs and values, no matter what you are doing, at any time, in any situation, and with any people. If you are not upright, you will eventually lose everything because, people cannot trust you and will not want to work with you or trade with you. If enough people don't want to **** with you, your business will fail, and the result will be the same in any kind of business. A salesman said:

In college, I used to work for a whey drink company that sold cow's milk substitutes. I was a distributor and reached the highest point in the entire company and owned two sales stations, but the lack of integrity and down-to-earthness on the part of some of the company's leadership led to the disintegration of the entire company.

Even so, this experience taught me many valuable things, such as the skill of selling merchandise and how to **** with others, and more importantly, I learned that it is very easy for a person to lose what he has achieved if he is not capable and lacks integrity.

Anyone who has been in sales knows that basically, money is the starting point for everything. There's nothing wrong with people coming into a company to make money; on the contrary, I find it disturbing to see those who don't, because in our culture, nothing costs money. Of course, family, friendships and relationships are built on things that are more important than money. But in business, as long as we're in the business world, whether we're employees, consultants, bosses, partners or consumers, we can't divorce ourselves from money.

Once you're in business, the requirements of competence and integrity become even more important, because people don't want to buy a bad product or be served rudely, and they certainly don't want to associate with ignorant, unskilled, and dishonest people - I don't, you don't, and no one else does.

Focus on who you are rather than what you do, because who you are is exactly what you are worth. What kind of person are you really? What do you value? How do you live your life? How do you relate to other people? What qualities do you have? These are the only things that matter. Because, the kind of person you are will determine the kind of things you do.

A person of integrity will do what needs to be done at the right time, even if no one sees or knows it. Abraham Lincoln said it well, "Integrity is not an attitude for the sake of doing what needs to be done; integrity is an effective method of making a man successful quickly." Being upright actually means that he has some sort of internalized certainty. The meaning of integrity is very rich, here are a few examples to illustrate:

I. Integrity means holding oneself to a high standard

A writer was on the verge of bankruptcy after losing a large amount of property in an unlucky investment. He intended to pay off his debts with every penny he earned. Three years later, he is still working tirelessly towards this goal. To help him, a newspaper organized a fundraiser and many dignitaries gave generously, a temptation - accepting the donation would mean an end to this torturous life of debt. The writer, however, refused. He returned the money to the donors. A few months later, with the release of his sensational new book, he paid off all his remaining debts. That writer was Mark Twain.

Two: Integrity means having a high sense of honor

Note that it is not reputation that is meant here, but honor. Frank Lloyd Wright once addressed the students and faculty of the American Institute of Architecture, saying, "What does this sense of reputation refer to? Well, what is the reputation of a brick? That is a solid brick; what is the reputation of a sheet? That is an earthly, veritable piece of plate; and what is the honor of a man? That is to be an honorable man." Frank Lloyd Wright did precisely that, and he was not ashamed to be a man who was true to his own standards of being a man.

Three: Integrity means having a sense of morality and following one's conscience

Martin Luther said to his enemies in the city where he was sentenced to death, "It is neither safe nor prudent nor wise to go and do anything contrary to one's conscience. I stand my ground; God will help me, I can do no other." Consider the following story

During World War II, as U.S. troops were trying to break out of an enemy encirclement, a U.S. Army colonel and his jeep driver took a wrong turn and came face-to-face with an armed German detachment. The two men jumped out of the vehicle and both hid. The sergeant hid in a bush on the side of the road while the colonel hid in a ditch under the road, where the Germans spotted the sergeant and opened fire in his direction. The Colonel could have easily gone undetected, however, he preferred to jump out and return fire - with one pistol against several tanks and machine guns. He was killed. The sergeant was arrested and imprisoned. Later, he told people this story. Why did this colonel do this? Because his sense of duty was stronger than his concern for his own safety, even though no one forced him to.

Is this hard to do? Indeed it is. This is why truly upright people are rare and admirable, but fundamentally, the unparalleled value of being upright is worth working for.

Fourth, integrity means having the courage to stand up for what you believe in

This includes the ability to stand up for what you believe to be right, to be unapologetic when the need arises, and to be able to speak out against what you recognize to be wrong, as seen in the following case.

In the operating room of a large hospital, a young nurse was acting as a charge nurse for the first time. "Doc, you've taken out 11 pieces of gauze," she told the surgeon, "and we use 12."

"I've taken it all out," the doctor asserted, "We'll start stitching up the wound now."

"No way." The nurse protested, "We used 12 pieces."

"I'll take care of it!" The surgeon said sternly, "Suture."

"You can't do that!" The nurse shouted vehemently, "You have to think of the patient!"

The surgeon smiled weakly and held up his hand for the nurse to see this 12th piece of gauze, "You're a qualified nurse." He said. He was testing her for integrity - and she had it.

V. Courage

Integrity equips people with the courage and strength to take risks; they welcome life's challenges and will never linger or shrink from them. An upright person is sure and can trust himself - because he has no reason not to.

Sixth, steadfastness

Integrity often manifests itself in the perseverance and single-mindedness with which one pursues one's goals and refuses to give up on the tenacity of one's endeavors. "We will never give in! Never, never, never, never. Never yield, no matter how great or small things may be, but yield only to faith in honor and conscience." That's what Winston Churchill said, and that's what he did.

Seven, open-heartedness

One psychologist noted that decent people are shock-resistant, and they seem to have an inner calmness that enables them to withstand setbacks and even injustice.

Harry Emerson Fosdick once told the story of Abraham Lincoln, who was running for the Senate when his friends warned him not to make a particular speech. But Lincoln replied, "If it is destined that I shall lose the election by this speech, let me lose it accompanied by the truth!" He was candid. He did lose the election, but two years later he was inaugurated as president of the United States.

What does it take to be a man of integrity? It's hard to find a ready answer. But the most important step is to work on being completely honest about the little things. Don't make up little lies when it's not convenient for you to tell the truth, don't go around repeating gossip that isn't true, and don't bill your personal phone calls to your office ......

These precepts may sound trivial, but when you're truly seeking integrity and begin to discover it, it itself has the power to bend you over backwards and make you do what you want to do. Eventually, you will realize that almost anything worthwhile contains its own inviolable integrity.

So, integrity, honesty, consistency, persistence, accountability-these are the traits that make a person successful. "Being a man of integrity" should be the first goal for everyone to achieve.

Biblical Proverbs

The heart's desire of the upright produces good fruit, but the expectation of the wicked offends the people.