Persuasion and Integrity is a Great Marriage!

Nobody can honestly deny that these two are good partners. Persuasion though can be elusive. You can persuade others to view your influence as true or a way to exploit others. Or, you can persuade others by being a trusted model, which encompasses integrity. When we believe in someone our expectation is that they will listen and advise or guide according to the principles of morals, and values.

When we discover that they only want to have you think they understand the situation but are basically giving you two left hands, run the other way. When you are seeking answers, you are vulnerable. In that vulnerability, you hear solutions that are false.

Even though the final word is yours, sift through all rhetoric that you hear and do not be influenced by individuals who get pleasure from your pain.

Now is the time to gather all your thoughts, in the quiet of the night and consider what will be your decision and not the person who gives you false advice. Being too trustworthy only gives you blind faith. Blind faith reminds me of walking into the fog and not finding a way out.

Transparency and saying what you will do and do what you say is true integrity. Some will not like your honesty but stay the course and you will always succeed in my book. Persuasion means influencing others according to good values, but it is also about having the ability to influence others not coerce.

Integrity talks about  consistency, reliability, transparency, and honesty in all your dealings, professionally and personally. Integrity says you admit to your mistakes and process how to resolve the problem.

Coercion is not persuasion. It entails your egotistical nature and is detrimental to your behavior. It does, most definitely, define the person who believes there is only one view, yours. People who coerce instead of honestly persuading, often are seen as bullies and do not manage their teams successfully.

Over the years integrity and persuasion are a great couple and cannot be separated. Like a good marriage, these two are truly a match to envy and repeat over and over again.

To finalize this duo, remember that your reputation is at stake and you have a choice to make, one that will follow you the rest of your life. With so much confusion in today's world, it is a breathe of fresh air to think that you can honestly make changes that will make a difference.