Originally Posted by
gaybucks_chip
I guess I think of all of that under one umbrella that I think of as "integrity."
Your word (and the word of your company) is only meaningful if you have a track record of standing behind what you say.
That isn't to say that people's views or decisions don't change over time as new information or situations arise... but at the same time, I think everyone has integrity when there's no cost to it. Where the rubber meets the road is when there's a real cost to integrity... standing up for someone (or some company) when doing so might cost you business, piss other people off, etc, or doing something that will cost you a bunch of money you didn't plan on because you committed to it in advance... that sort of thing.
When people know that you will always do what you've said you're going to do, then you find it much easier to get people to work with you, or to to business with you.
And sadly, that's a relatively rare thing these days.
I dunno if this is off-topic or on-topic, but I guess for me all three sort of blend together.
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