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Values : Integrity

๐—” ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†

December 15, 2021โ€ข1 min read

โ€œ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†. ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒโ€, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ.

It was indeed Christmas. I had had my language school for two years and, in partnership with the Faculty of Letters, my school was offering English and German courses, exams and international certifications.

A German recruiting company had approached us to test some of their candidates. Gladly, we accepted. However, before the results were sent to the students, a representative of the recruiting company visited me at my school to โ€ฆ wish me Happy Holidays and give me a present โ€ฆ

โ€ฆ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ. โ€œ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†. ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒโ€, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ. ๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜.

A year before, I had had another similar experience. The husband of a doctor wanting to practice in Germany came to my school to ask me (quite directly actually) how much the certificate cost. He was so upset when I turned him down. He even shouted at me : โ€œ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€.โ€

Probably, heโ€™s still searching to this day :))

The moral is : Donโ€™t lower your standards for any reason. Even if it takes you longer to accomplish those dreams. You will definitely get there.

๐—”๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—œ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต.

But integrity is not only refusing to be bribed. Soon Iโ€™ll tell you another story about why you shouldnโ€™t make promises you cannot keepโ€ฆ

โ€œ๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐’๐’๐’†'๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’ˆ๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’… ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’‘ ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’‡๐’Š๐’•.โ€ โ€• Jeffrey G. Duarte

Have you had any similar experiences? How did you react?

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