Five Minutes on Mondays: Finding Unexpected Purpose, Peace, and Fulfillment at Work by Alan Lurie

Author:Alan Lurie [Lurie, Alan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2009-03-06T05:00:00+00:00

A lie may bring short-term results, but it is only through the commitment to truth that long-term success is built. This spiritual teaching directly links honesty to success and provides the simple answer to conflicts of interest: Tell the truth. It may mean turning away the immediate financial reward, but it will keep you out of trouble, and practiced with diligence, honest disclosure will actually lead to future prosperity.

The question remains: Why be tempted to engage in conflicts of interest? Why not simply tell the truth? As the scenarios at the beginning of this chapter pointed out, the truth may not always be readily apparent. We can all too easily play mind games; convince ourselves that there is no conflict, that it’s okay to follow a path that we suspect may not be honest. “Everyone else does it,” we may think, or maybe we’ll convince ourselves that it’s not really all that bad. The conflict of interest is essentially between honesty and deceit. Here, we find that the commitment to truth must start with the courage to deeply examine our motives and ask ourselves if we are being, first and foremost, honest to ourselves. This requires the strength to look squarely at the answer, face our own inclination to deny or distort our intentions, and the confidence to know that honesty is indeed the best policy.

Confucius, in his usual pithy, wise, and brief manner, sharply sums up this subject by noting:

The object of the superior person is truth.

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