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英语翻译
My grandparents believed you were either honest or you weren't.There was no in between.They had a simple motto hanging on heir living-room wall:"Life is like a field of newly fallen snow; where I choose to walk every step will show." They didn't have to talk about it-they demonstrated the motto by the way they lived.
They understood instinctively that integrity means having a personal standard of morality and ethics that does not sell out to expediency and that is not relative to the situation at hand.Integrity is an inner standard for judging your behavior.Unfortunately,integrity is in short supply today-and getting scarcer.But it is the real bottom line in every area of society.And it is something we must demand of ourselves.
A good test for this value is to look at what I call the Integrity Trial,which consists of three key principles:
Stand firmly for your convictions in the face of personal pressure.There's a story told about a surgical nurse's first day on the medical team at a well-known hospital.She was responsible for ensuring that all instruments and materials ere accounted for during an abdominal operation.The nurse said to the surgeon,"you've only removed 11 sponges,and we used 12.We need to find the last one."
"I removed them all," the doctor declared."we'll close now."
"You can't do that,sir," objected the rookie nurse."Think of the patient."
Smiling,the surgeon lifted his foot and showed the nurse the 12th sponge."You'll do just fine in this or any other hospital," he told her.
When you know you are right,you cannot back down
Always give others credit that is rightfully theirs.Don’t be afraid of those who might have a better idea or who might even be smarter than you are
David Ogilvy,founder of the advertising firm Ogilvy Mather ,made this point clear to his newly appointed office heads by sending each a Russian nesting doll with five progressively smaller figures inside.
His message was contained in the smallest doll:"If each of us hires people who are bigger than we are,Ogilvy Mather will become a company of giants." And that is precisely what the company become--one of the largest and most respected advertising organizations in the world.
Be honest and open about who you really are.People who lack genuine core values rely on external factors--their looks or status--in order to fell good about themselves.Inevitably they will do everything they can to preserve this facade,but they will do very little to develop their inner value and personal growth.
So be yourself.Don’t engage in a personal cover-up of areas that are unpleasing in your life.When it's tough.In other words,face reality and be adult in your responses to life's challenges.
Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

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我的爷爷和奶奶认为,你要么是诚实的,要么不是.不可能介于两者之间.在他们起居室的墙上挂着一幅简单易懂的座右铭：“生活好像一片刚刚落满白雪的土地；我走到哪里,我的每一个脚印就会出现在哪里.”他们无需就此加以评说－－他们是以身体力行的方式来证实这幅座右铭的.
他们本能的理解是,诚实意味着具备一定的伦理道德标准,既不看风使舵,也不随着眼下的形势而转移.诚实是判断你行为的内在标准.遗憾的是,如今,诚实处在短缺状态----甚至越来越稀罕.然而,它却是社会各个领域真正的思想上的底线,而且是我们必须要求自己严格做到的.
检验这种价值标准的一个有效方法是,参看我所谓的诚实三要素,其中包括三条主要原则：
在个人压力面前,要坚定信念.
有一个关于一位外科护士在一所著名医院的医疗组第一天上班时发生的故事.在一个腹部手术中,她负责清点所有使用的器材.这位护士对外科医生说：“我们用了12块纱布,而你却只取出了11块.我们必须找到最后那一块.”
“我全都取出来了,”医生肯定地说.“我们现在缝上刀口吧.”
“先生,您不能那么办,”这位新来的护士反驳道.“要为病人着想.”
外科医生一边微笑,一边抬起脚,让护士看到了第12块纱布.“不管在这所医院,还是在其他任何医院,你都会干得非常出色,”他称赞这位护士说.
当你知道你做得对的时候,你就不能退缩.
对那些值得赞扬的人要常常给予肯定.切莫害怕那些可能有更好主意的或者那些可能比你更聪明的人.
奥格尔维和马瑟广告公司的创建人戴维·奥格尔维,通过送给他新任命的部门经理每人一套俄罗斯风格的套叠式玩具娃娃（里面共有五个依次变小的玩具娃娃）而把这一点清楚地告诉了他们.
在最小的玩具娃娃里面,有戴维的留言：“如果我们每个人所雇用的人比我们个子小,我们的公司就成了矮子公司.反之,如果我们每个人所雇用的人比我们个子大,那么,奥格尔维和马瑟将会成为一个巨人公司.”而这正是那家公司发展的结果——它终于成为世界上最大、最有声望的广告公司之一.
真诚、坦率地展示真实的你.那些缺乏真正的基本价值观念的人,为了使自己感觉良好而依靠外在因素----相貌或社会地位.他们势必尽一切可能来保全这种表面形象,却很少会去培养自己内在的价值和注重个人的成长.
因此,要展示你的真面目.不要设法掩盖你生活中令人不快的方方面面.艰难时刻要顽强.换言之,要正视现实.面对生活的挑战,要老成持重,应付有方.
自尊和问心无愧是构成诚实的强有力的成分,是丰富你与他人关系的基础.