Code of the West: Living Your Life with Integrity

Code of the West: Living Your Life with Integrity

Tom Polak Tom Polak

Tom Polak

? Senior Technical Sourcing Recruiter ? Technical Recruiting Mastery (30,000+ Hours) ? Candidate Ally ? Trusted Client Advisor ? Team Mentor | Team Player | Team Optimist ? Humble Outperformer ?

发布日期: 2016年1月26日
+ 关注

Regardless of whether you are a CowBOY, CowGIRL, or lil' CowPOKE, the 10 Principles of the Code of the West/Cowboy Code are a good reminder of how to live your life (personally and professionally) if living a life with Integrity is important to you. I hope it is! 

10) Know where to draw the line

9) Remember that some things aren't for sale

8) Talk less, say more

7) Ride for the brand (I.e. loyalty to the people in your life and the land that you live on/in)

6) Keep your promises

5) Be tough, but be fair

4) Do what has to be done

3) Always finish what you start

2) Take pride in your work

1) Live each day with courage

These are tenets that all of us can live by regardless of race, color, creed, gender, political affiliation, sexual orientation, national origin, or age. These tenets represent what most of us would agree would be a person of good character or a person of Integrity!

"You don't have to always be right but you can ALWAYS do the right thing!" - Tom Polak (I thought this quote was familiar when it popped into my head but when I checked online I couldn't find this quote anywhere so I am now claiming it as my own)

I'm not on a soap box here. I am not suggesting to you how you should live your life but I am suggesting to you that you simply reflect on a past moment of Integrity and how it made you feel (This is simply a suggestion of practice in mindfulness and self-improvement, should you be interested). If you cannot remember a moment in time, just be mindful of a moment of Integrity the next time you have the opportunity to do the right or wrong thing. Should you pick the path, hopefully most travelled, and do the right thing I can assure you that you will have a sense of empowerment and good feelings, not regret. Integrity is a choice and a lifestyle that is positive for you, the people you come in contact with, the people you love, and the world you live in. As they say, and I'm paraphrasing here, It ain't always easy but anything worth having/doing never is.  

#Integrity #Honor #Loyalty #Courage #Kind #Thoughtful #Confident #Assertive #ToughButFair #Heroic #Accountable #Dependable #Pride #AlwaysDoTheRightThing

要查看或添加评论，请登录

Tom Polak的更多文章

  • Getting Hired: WORD-BOMBS!
    2016年7月11日

    Getting Hired: WORD-BOMBS!

    As a Senior Technical Recruiting Consultant, I have spoken with hundreds of hiring managers over the years and continue…

    4 条评论
  • Your Special Purpose
    2015年11月9日

    Your Special Purpose

    Oh Steve Martin, you slay me! I would like to share a somewhat short story with you to illustrate how finding your very…

  • To Take Time
    2015年10月30日

    To Take Time

    Without getting too hippy-dippy on you, "not that there is anything wrong with that" (any Seinfeld fans still out…

  • The Monday Morning Blues
    2015年10月26日

    The Monday Morning Blues

    Inside: Survey results regarding how people feel on Mondays and what actually makes them happy on any day of the week…

  • GREATNESS
    2015年10月23日

    GREATNESS

    Greatness, as I will loosely define it here, is not reached once you are successful at one or more endeavors. In my…

  • QE and the Hiring Process
    2015年10月14日

    QE and the Hiring Process

    What does Quantitative Easing (QE) have to do with the Hiring Process?! It will tie in (probably not in the manner you…

    4 条评论
  • Counteroffer...appreciation or desperation?
    2015年10月5日

    Counteroffer...appreciation or desperation?

    Scenario: You are unhappy at your current job for one or more of several reasons that anyone might be unhappy at their…

    12 条评论

社区洞察

其他会员也浏览了