Stop lying to Yourself…

Every time you lie about what you say you will do, your level of Integrity is compromised.

Your team stops trusting you, your customers think you're full of shit, and quiet quitting becomes all too real.

Today’s newsletter is all around integrity, one of those words you see on the walls of the most valuable companies in the world.

I didn’t think Integrity mattered until I realized how powerful its ability is to both create and destroy your organization.

Today, we’ll talk about

According to Miriam Webster, Integrity is defined as the quality of being whole and undivided.

According to Ernesto, Integrity is the glue that bridges our perception and reality of the world we live in.

This force is responsible for creating trust between people, companies, ideas, etc…

To use a couple of examples:

Integrity is the alignment between words (theoretical) and actions (actual).

If you are still unsure of what this can look like in your company today, read on

How might integrity look in your company today?

The common thread here is alignment-congruence with words and action

Higher Integrity. Higher Trust. Higher Performance. Higher Profits!

Because our minds are all over the place and our ego’s survivalist tendencies are constantly reacting to create protectionist solutions, Integrity within your company has the potential to be destroyed.

Because we are wired for survival it takes a long time to develop feelings of integrity and trust.

Warren buffet once said:

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it

So why do we care as a Scaling Startup Operators?

Startup Culture has plenty of stories hyper-growth: chaotic communication, mis-steps, excitement, long hours, and lots of chaos.

When operating in chaos, organization are sometimes de-stabilized which cause breakdowns in integrity:

Between our own shit and the fear created from society, death by 100 paper cuts creates an underlying feeling of distrust.

The stories we tell ourselves quickly manifest into spiraling failures.

Despite the fears of failure, there is good news to all of this.

We have a chance to create a culture of trust and integrity.

As Bezos says, every day can be just like Day 0. We can have the same level of commitment, excitement, and passion.

I’ll add that we have the opportunity to reset who we are, what we do, and how we do it.

Without reinforcement of our commitment, the potential to be derailed by chaos will always exist.

You can start with small promises: daily tasks, rituals, and habits that snowball into larger milestones, goals, and celebrations.

If you want to begin creating integrity between your actions, your company and the world you are creating, I invite you to sign up for the Vision n Vibes Workshop next Sunday.

This Sunday, I am hosting the Vision n Vibes workshop to create the space for you to recommit to a renewed direction in 2023.

During our 3 hour workshop, we will create connections with a community of entrepreneurs, declare our vision for the year and create the execution plan to make it happen.

Through sharing the bridge between our Vision and our execution to others, we will significantly increase the commitment to ourselves and the probabilities of making it happen.