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RokZRooM Special ! You Can Win by Shiv Khera

Honesty means to be genuine and real versus fake and fictitious.
Be labeled or build a reputation of being trustworthy. If there is one thing that builds any
kind of relationship at home, at work, or socially, it is integrity.
Not keeping commitments amounts to dishonest behavior.
Honesty inspires openness, reliability, and frankness. It shows respect for one's self and
others. Honesty is in being, not in appearing to be. Lies may have speed but truth has
endurance. Integrity is not found in company brochures or titles but in a person's
character.
Is it worth compromising one's integrity and taking shortcuts to win? A person may win a
trophy but knowing the truth, can never be a happy person. More important than winning
a trophy is being a good human being.

A POUND OF BUTTER

There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker. One day the baker decided
to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and he found that he was not. This
angered him and he took the farmer to court. The judge asked the farmer if he was using
any measure. The farmer replied, amour Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a proper
measure, but I do have a scale." The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?"
The farmer replied "Your Honor, long before the baker started buying butter from me, I
have been buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every day when the baker brings the
bread, I put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter. If anyone is to be
blamed, it is the baker." What is the moral of the story? We get back in life what we give
to others.

Whenever you take an action, ask yourself this question: Am I giving fair value for the
wages or money I hope to make?
Honesty and dishonesty become a habit. Some people practice dishonesty and can lie
with a straight face. Others lie so much that they don't even know what the truth is
anymore. But who are they deceiving? Themselves--- more than anyone else.
Honesty can be put across gently. Some people take pride in being brutally honest. It
seems they are getting a bigger kick out of the brutality than the honesty. Choice of
words and tact are important.

Truth May Not Always Be What You Want to Hear

One can be truthful without being cruel but that may not always be the case. The most
important responsibility of an honest friend is to be truthful. Some people, in order to
avoid confronting painful truths, select friends who tell them what they want to hear. They
kid themselves despite the fact that deep down they know they are not being truthful.
Honest criticism can be painful. If you have many acquaintances and few friends, it is
time to step back and explore the depth of your relationships.
A lack of honesty is sometimes labeled as tact, public relations or politics. But is it really
so?
The problem with lying is that one has to remember one's lies.
Honesty requires firmness and commitment. How many times have we all been guilty of

♦ little white lies?
♦ flattery?

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