Working In and With Integrity in Your Business

By: Marlene Oulton

Just for fun, I looked up the word ‘integrity’ on line today to see the different definitions available for the latest ‘buzz’ word in business. Two of them really resonated with me and they were:

‘an unreduced or unbroken completeness or totality’
‘moral soundness’

Most of us are taught from an early age various moral beliefs by our parents, teachers and other authority figures and they basically involved learning ‘right’ from ‘wrong’ or ‘just’ from ‘unjust’. Whether we adopted their beliefs depended on how well we listened and felt that the words they spoke were true… or not. Beliefs are just statements that we believe are the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

I would rather concentrate on the first definition of ‘an unreduced or unbroken completeness or totality’ as that’s the aspect I want to impart to my clients. I want them to do business with me because I represent a total value package, sort of a ‘full meal deal’ if you will, combining honesty, openness, sound work ethics AND ‘integrity’ in every project I undertake. It doesn’t matter to me if the project takes a half hour or a month to complete; if it’s for a huge corporation or a sole owner of a business; or if the client ‘believes’ that the project is too menial for me to undertake. None of these factors affect my work integrity and how I treat my clients. They are all the same to me and I treat them all as equals. In short, nothing or anyone is menial unless I choose it to be!

I listened to a good friend tell me how she receives much joy and satisfaction in doing what she absolutely loves – which is cleaning houses. Now to some people, being a house cleaner might seem a ‘menial’ job or something beneath their capabilities, but to my friend, it is her world as well her business. She lives with ‘integrity’ every day as she takes out her mop and bucket of cleaning supplies and makes someone’s house sparkle. She is conducting her business with a high degree of totality and completeness… and her customers LOVE her!

If you believe what you are doing is menial or that your business skills and worth are being undervalued, then guess what – they will be! However, if you conduct your business with unbridled acceptance, joy and passion, then you will be living in a total state of ‘integrity’ and it will show up in every project that you undertake for your clients.

I was asked to speak to a group of aspiring entrepreneurs recently and I started off my talk by introducing myself this way – “Hello everyone! My name is Marlene Oulton, the very happy and contented owner of Write Choice Virtual Assistants”. I didn’t say I was rich or had a thriving business (which I do!) but I wanted to impart these wonderful feelings that I have deep inside me which owning my own business has given me. Joy. Happiness. Acceptance. Contentment. And above all else, working in and with ‘integrity’.

How do YOU work in YOUR business?

Article Source: http://www.content.onlypunjab.com

Marlene Oulton, president of Write Choice Virtual Assistants, derives great satisfaction from assisting authors, writers, coaches and SOHO entrepreneurs produce clean, crisp and concisely written articles, newsletters, website copy or other literary works. She produces a quarterly Newsletter entitled “News and Views – From My Desk to Yours” which contains practical and often humorous articles on issues facing the small business owner. To receive her newsletter, please go to www.writechoiceva.com and click on “Sign Up” button. She can be reached at marlene@writechoiceva.com as well.
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