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Integrity

The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality

by Henry Cloud
Henry Cloud
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Integrity — more than simple honesty, it's the key to success. A person with integrity has the ability to pull everything together, to make it all happen no matter how challenging the circumstances. Drawing on experiences from his work, Dr. Henry Cloud, a clinical psychologist and nationally syndicated radio host, shows how our character can keep us from achieving all we want to (or could) be.

In Integrity, Dr. Cloud explores the six qualities of character that define integrity, and how people with integrity:

  • Are able to connect with others and build trust
  • Are oriented toward reality
  • Finish well
  • Embrace the negative
  • Are oriented toward increase
  • Have an understanding of the transcendent

    • Success is not related to only talent or brains. The real factor, Cloud demonstrates, is the makeup of the person. All of us can grow in the kinds of real character that brings about fruitful relationships and achievement of purpose, mission, and goals. Integrity is not something that you either have or don't, but instead is an exciting growth path that all of us can engage in and enjoy.

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    • Release date

      February 7, 2006

    • Formats

      • OverDrive Listen audiobook

        • ISBN: 9780061134661
        • File size: 150967 KB
        • Duration: 05:14:30

    • Languages

      • English

    • Reviews

      • AudioFile Magazine
        The key to this far-reaching lesson is how the author balances the internal and transcendental aspects of character with those that are more obvious in the world, such as trusting relationships, good work and performance, resilience in the face of obstacles, and steady engagement with life. The author, a quick and spontaneous speaker, is a clinical and corporate psychologist who is down-to-earth and enthusiastic as he unpacks the components of reality functioning that are important to success and fulfillment. It's a remarkable audio achievement that the richness and complexity of these ideas don't sound intellectualized. The author's gift in this regard allows the enormous value in his thinking to have practical value for anyone whose life needs adjustment. T.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
      • Publisher's Weekly

        January 30, 2006
        For Cloud, an author, clinical psychologist and corporate consultant, integrity is more than just a person's ethics and morals. The French and Latin meanings of the word hint at its origins, "that the whole thing is working well, undivided, integrated, intact and uncorrupted." Achieving this "wholeness" requires the development of six character traits (creates trust, unafraid of reality, results-oriented, solves "negative realities," causes growth and finds meaning in life) which Cloud examines in great detail, using business stories like Proctor and Gamble's success in China and the experiences of his CEO friends and clients. What each of his stories has in common is how success, often wild success across multiple fields, is fueled by openness, honesty to one's self and to others and "true trust," which is borne out of someone's goodness not being "dependent on anything." Cloud's conversational writing style makes for an easy read, and much of his advice is sound if not groundbreaking, but some aphorisms come off as hokey. ("Things never work. When they don't, that is the time to make them work. Then, if you do, they work," or "Character = the ability to meet the demands of reality," which is not to be confused with integrity, the courage to meet those same demands.) This book is not for the person seeking a quick-fix; Cloud's breed of integrity is a lifestyle choice.

      • Library Journal

        February 15, 2006
        According to Cloud, a clinical psychologist and coauthor of Nine Things You Simply Must Do, an individual -s integrity will ultimately determine whether he or she succeeds. While brains, competencies, deal-making abilities, and opportunities help, a person needs six character dimensions, including the capacities to connect and build trust, to embrace and resolve negative reality, and to rise above ordinary human selfishness and find one -s role in the big picture. While more judicious editing would have made the book more concise, it -s a worthwhile read that will help people fill some -gaps - in their lives and stand a better chance at achieving their goals. Recommended for all libraries.

        Copyright 2006 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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