{"id":5849,"date":"2016-07-05T21:25:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T04:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=5849"},"modified":"2016-07-05T21:25:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T04:25:50","slug":"cheaters-around-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/cheaters-around-us\/","title":{"rendered":"There Are Cheaters All Around Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cheaters\"<\/a>And there are some players that, while not outright cheating, are self-serving, making it about themselves winning and others losing.<\/p>\n

Finding that area where they can cut corners, deliver a little less than expected and get away with it, or deceive the customer by using marketing words like \u201clegendary\u201d and \u201cguarantee\u201d without them really meaning anything.<\/p>\n

But what our nations, companies, communities, and families need today is unrelenting integrity–the daily demonstration of kindly honoring one’s service commitments to others, of holding ourselves accountable for our promises, of not compromising our values.<\/p>\n

We cannot wait for “someone else” or “everyone else” to embrace integrity as a core value, as a way of living and interacting each day. It starts with us as individuals. In the book Simply Tuesday<\/em>, the author shares about the approach a group of lifeguards took at a waterpark: \u201cWatch your 8-square feet.\u201d\u00a0 Focus on living out your integrity in your own sphere of influence every day just like those lifeguards watch their eight square feet of a large pool.<\/p>\n

The good news is that it isn\u2019t that difficult to practice unrelenting integrity. You don\u2019t have to join a club, pay dues, or attend meetings.\u00a0 It\u2019s just YOU making a commitment to yourself to keep your own promises every day.<\/p>\n

It would probably involve behaviors like these: Every day, you:<\/p>\n