Comments on: Integrity

By: Fred Pieplow

Fred Pieplow — Wed, 12 May 2010 23:48:30 +0000

Dan – I have not seen the movie, but I like the insight of Integrity as completeness. Completely present, accountable, honest, and committed. When any one of those is missing confidence and trust evaporate rapidly. Managers who talk about integrity but personally deliver something less eventually lose the respect of their team. Managers who diligently and consistently try to deliver with integrity develop followers who will move mountains for them. Integrity cushions our fall when we get off balance.

By: Bill Hines

Bill Hines — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:02:41 +0000

Thanks, Dan. Well put. It would be hard to improve what you have written. We just need constant reminding to keep us on track, which you do very well.

Integrity, completeness, wholeness, lead me to another similar concept which I pursue- unity, becoming One with my Creator. In my faith, it is seeking perfection, even as our Creator is perfect.

I spend every day of my life seeking this perfection, which has been shown to me. With integrity, it’s easier, but I would say impossibe, unachievable, in this human condition. But we have to believe that it is possible, and, perhaps, we have to see ourselves as already complete, whole, perfect, to persevere in our daily task. The dichotomy is a parodox of life. Embrace (engage) life. Embrace paradox.

By: Sandee Whalen

Sandee Whalen — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:09:29 +0000

I LOVE that movie Dan!

Inigo Montoya in the boat in the morning: “He’s right on top of us. I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using.”

I also often wonder (when I’m only MOSTLY dead) if we are all given the same amount of hours in the day.

Thanks for the ‘wholeness’ contribution today. A good laugh was needed.

By: Felicia

Felicia — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:02:03 +0000

This was truly interesting and thought provoking. I too did not understand the true definition of integrity. This statement, “You are enough, just as you are, regardless of your wealth, job, or external circumstances,” really hit home. I am enough, I already have everything I need to be the best that I can be in all areas of my life.

Thank you for this insightful message.

By: Laura Powers

Laura Powers — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:29:37 +0000

Thank you for the wonderful presentation at the Missouri MGMA meeting. I left there feeling energized! The Princess Bride is a favorite of mine, also, and Inigo’s words speak volumes for what is wrong with the world today. Integrity, or completeness, seems to be unobtainable, because our priorities are so out of line. But if we find focus, anything is possible!!
Thank you again and keep up the good work!!

By: Joyce Wunderlich

Joyce Wunderlich — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:19:27 +0000

Dan: I will bet my daughter and I have watched the Princess Bride a hundred times! She is 30 now and we will talk about it and believe it or not we do quote lines from that movie all the time! Our favorite is ROUS’s when we see a bug! The article is outstanding. I am going to forward it to the rest of my crew here at the office. We are lucky in that we work for an older physician who absolutely defines the word INTEGRITY. Makes our job easy in so many ways. Thoroughly enjoyed your presentation at the MGMA Conference. Keep me posted and keep up the good work! Joyce