Tan Kin Lian's Blog: Conscience, integrity and trust

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Conscience, integrity and trust - a leader's hallmark

Comment posted in http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.” - Marcus Aurelius

“The glue that holds all relationships together — including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.” - Brian Tracy

“Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don’t.” - Peter Scotese

“You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.” - Denis Waitley

“The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.” - Junius

“I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.” - Martin Luther

“It is far better to be trusted and respected that it is to be liked.” - Source Unknown

““Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In failing circumstances no one can be relied on to keep their integrity.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Integrity simple means not violating one’s own identity.” - Erich Fromm

“Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do.” - Don Galer

“It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.” - Plutarch

“The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.” - Jean Jacques Rousseau

“A man can do only what a man can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.” - Albert Schweitzer

“It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.” - Publilius Syrus

“Achievement is not the most important thing — Authenticity is” - Source Unknown

“The slow man with integrity will ultimately catch the swift one who has none.” - Source Unknown

“Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.” - Denis Waitley

“No man should advocate a course in private that he’s ashamed to admit in public.” - George Mcgovern

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: The insurance agents who qualify for mdrt , cot or tot must read them whether in their pursuit for these titles have they compromised these values or they have flushed them away into the toilet bowl.
If they have not lived up to these value what ever they have is as good as ill gotten at the expense of those customers who trust them.
Search your conscience if you still have.Have you stolen from your customers, their spouse and their children, the protection they need badly, the saving they need badly for their retirement? Have you betrayed their trust by lying , mis-selling, misrepresenting, because of greed, because of conflict of interest?
Are you honest, qualified to dispense good advice to give your clients the best? If you can't whatever sincerity and caring you claim is bullshit, a lie, a fraud and cheating because they bring harm in the long term to your clients their spouse and children.
Aptly said, " man is a make believe animal--he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part". William Hazlitt
If you have rob your fellow human beings don't think you you will get away. You are watched by unseen eyes. Retribution awaits you somewhere and it will be pay back time with interest.; October 19, 2008 1:43 PM
Anonymous said...: “The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by how much they earn or by the mdrt, cot or tot they have.” - Plagairist; October 19, 2008 4:49 PM
Anonymous said...: “Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; not selective also, not also only you suka suka; not showing you have out of ulterior motive; either you have it or you don’t.” - Peter Scotese

Insurance agents always claim they are very sincere and caring.They are like a friend to their policyholders. They do at the policyholders' bidding; they send them to doctors ; they celebrate their children's birthday, they do this and that. They will also make claim when they die..touch wood.if not who can claim? Big deal, huh? noble, hor..
The agents will do everything of the above but they have no integrity because they are doing out of a motive becuase they are NOT qualified and competent and they trying to use the above to make up for the lack of them.What they do are NO substitutes for competence and integrity.
Either they have or they don't.!!!

PS; October 19, 2008 8:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Ha. Integrity? My foot.
The SAF (unofficially) taught me this doctrine -- You can do anything, as long as you don't get caught. Maybe this practice is being promulgated in the dealing scenario.

Integrity is only reserved for men of integrity, it is meaningless to most who lived from hand to mouth.
But truly retribution awaits us all.

By RTA; October 19, 2008 9:47 PM
Anonymous said...: you know who likes to say they are sincere to their clients?
NTUc agents are number one for this line. As the above says they try to cover up what they lack, Competence and integrity. No wonder they are selling and not advising.
How can they be sincere when they lack competence?
How can they say they are
sincere when they don't have the integrity to admit they are not competent?
In this trade no insurance agent is to be believed.You must discount at least 95%, maybe 5% truth.; October 19, 2008 10:04 PM