From Chapter 14 “Integrity” in Ingredients of Outliers. Food for Thought Your harshest critic should be the man in the mirror. In addition, the same person should be your biggest fan. At the end of the day, you know what's right. Even if initially, for whatever reason, you head down the wrong path, then change course, make it right, learn and move on. In Other Words Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust. ~ John Akers Let unswerving integrity ever be your … [Read more...]
What Will Happen When Your Integrity is Tested?
From Chapter 14 “Integrity” in Ingredients of Outliers. “Because that’s what we do.” Over the years, the one sport that has seemed to avoid most of the scandals, which have plagued other sports, is golf. Now, I’m not talking about the personal lives of prominent golfers, but about how the sport itself is played. For example, golf is the only popular sport in which there are no referees overseeing the action on the course; the players themselves are responsible for playing by the rules and for penalizing themselves for any sort of violations of those rules, whether those violations are … [Read more...]
Integrity Shapes Lives
From Chapter 14 “Integrity” in Ingredients of Outliers. Simply put, integrity is doing what you say and saying what you’ll do. The term is derived from the Latin word integer, which means “whole or complete.” When a person has integrity, he or she is believed to have an inner sense of “wholeness,” derived from consistency of action and character. The characteristics or qualities that comprise integrity are often defined as truthfulness, honesty, consistency, morality, accountability, responsibility, and loyalty. Today’s media is filled with stories that lead to the almost … [Read more...]
Key Traits of an Entrepreneur
From Chapter 7, "Tolerating Risk: Being a Doer, Not a Dreamer" in Ingredients of Outliers Integrity/Detail-Oriented Setting the integrity bar high (more on that later) is a must for the successful entrepreneur. At one point in our history, I had someone working for me who was the embodiment of hard work. She worked night and day and knew every aspect of the business. She just had two little issues. The first was that she was like Chicken Little—the sky in her world was always falling, though she was always there to save the day. I learned over time that she devised some of these … [Read more...]
Are Outliers Likable? What can be Learned from the Trending 13 Habits
We posted an article titled 13 Habits of Exceptionally Likeable People on the Outlier Series Facebook page and author John Shufeldt posted it as well. We came across the article in Entrepreneur.com and a version of it was first published in TalentSmart.com. So it seems, that not only has this article made its way into trending content, but post engagement from our fans on both pages- (in clicks, likes, and shares) showed it's a topic you as outliers are interested in. We took a closer look at the article, to see if the ideas matched with the 16 characteristics of exceptional leaders in … [Read more...]
Ingredients of Outliers Summary, by Dr. Douglas Winslow Cooper
What better way to look at your own work than through a fresh set of eyes? We found a summary of the foundational book in the Outlier Series, Ingredients of Outliers, not written by the author, Dr. John Shufeldt, but by another doctor, Douglas Winslow Cooper, PhD. He put the summary together for Asiance magazine, in an article titled, "How to be Outstanding". Check out his synopsis with a few of our instagram photos (follow us at @outlier_series) here: In his recently published The Ingredients of Outliers, physician-lawyer-businessman John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA, has written a succinct … [Read more...]