Character

Character PART II

May 15 2008

1. Integrity. When a person has integrity as a principle personality trait he will not compromise honesty for any form of dishonesty. He respects others, his responsibility, his values and himself, because he knows that he is completely honest with himself. Integrity means among other things, honor, sincerity, soundness of principle, veracity and fidelity.

2. Open-mindedness. When open-mindedness is part of our character, we have a great advantage in life because we are alert to a growing mind. We are a good listener and do not color our thoughts with predetermined attitudes. We are flexible in mind, we are unprejudiced and can adjust to changing circumstances, quickly. Anyone truly qualified for leadership will have an open-mind. An open-mindedness opens the doors to greater awareness.

3. Sincerity. Sincerity means freedom from deceit, genuiness, simplicity, earnestness and whole heartedness, being true to onesself. When we are sincere with others we are only deceiving ourselves because we are expressing our real