Fergie said:
I have found, recently, that folks seem to be about winning, and getting ahead in life. Now, I have no problem with winning and getting ahead, but not at the cost of my honor and integrity.
I would rather lse, and know that I havent cheated, than to cheat and win anything.
I have taken lower grades in classes, even when I had the chance to lie and get a better one.
Maybe it was the Army, and my upbringing, but Honor and Integrity just mean too much to me.
Fergie
Not making declarations, it isn´t set in concrete. But if you want to succeed and ever make it to a place where you might influence the whole proccess. You almost have to play the game by the games rules and maybe set aside, your core on occasion. Flexibilty is also an asset, the rules may be set a bit narrow, to control the cheaters.
People sometimes loose sight of the mission, while concentrating on the form. The mission is to get an education, your ethics are likely set already. And actually, there will be more with age, just as important as Honor and Integrity, like unselfish sacrifice. For every person out there who actually does anything, 9 exist on BS. And the best BS´ers are often at the top.
Getting old and never have really filled my potential. Some of my most basic values are mission, necessity and team work/community (though I seem to be a rather independant thinker or just wierd). While the other people are busy selling themselves, I was busy doing something, that needed to be done. Self motivator.
Honor and integrity, is there for a doer, "if at all possible do the right thing" but secondary to mission. Actually, Honor and Integrity may be more important values in an environment, that thrives on deceate. In my arena, it either works or it doesn´t, no matter who says what.
I´m gonna have the water on in the building, before everybody gets to work. Because it´s necessary, not because it´s ethical.
Just saying, the ideal is to live by your ethics, not forgetting priorities and accomplishing the mission, hopefully for the greater good. Just a tip, don´t get so rapped up in the game, you loose sight of the mission.
Self entitlement is the tit syndrome, carried to the extreme. When I cry you better stick something in there or I´ll cry some more. If I have to bite my twin to get some more, so be it. I want, what I want. Self sacrifice, for the greater good, is so foriegn to these people, it doesn´t exist in there world. Sometimes the same for the status motivated or the greedy.
But whatever you do don´t listen to me, you may become essential, but you´ll probably never be successfull.
