TGIF – Don’t Even Think About It

As the week winds down, we wind down with some tidbits for your information, education, health, and enjoyment.

Quotes of the Week:

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.”  Sophocles

”Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.”  Oprah Winfrey

”The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.”   Ralph Waldo Emerson

Humor Break:

Al tells Bev that he is desperately searching for an accountant.

Bev asks, “Didn’t you hire an accountant a short while ago?”

Al replies, “That’s the accountant I’m searching for.”

Stat of the Week: Apparently if you think about whether you lie or cheat … you do, at least according to a report called The Ethical Dangers of Deliberative Decision Making. According to a series of psychological experiments at the University of Toronto, 68.2% of people who were in a deliberative mindset were willing to lie for their own gain, compared with just 36.4% of people who were thinking intuitively, suggesting that thoughtful deliberation poses a danger to moral judgment. Make up your own mind quickly.

Action Tip: Read this thought provoking and even scary article from Knowledge.Wharton (University of Pennsylvania):  Goal setting and Cheating: Why They Often Go Together in the Workplace.

Volunteering: This week I am going to be selfish.  I work with poor children and families in Southern Mexico.  Right now these families are desperate for baby clothes and clothes for children in grades K, 1 and 2.  If you or someone you know has clothes (especially shoes) in this age range and would like to donate to these very poor families, please send a care package to Bill Bradley (that’s me), 3650 Morning Star Drive, #2402, Las Cruces, NM, 88011.  I will be taking these clothes with me when I return to Mexico in early January.  You can read about what I do at ZihuaBill’s Blog.  I thank you.

Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley (mostly) retired after 35 years in organizational consulting, training and management development. During those years he worked internally with seven organizations and trained and consulted externally with more than 90 large and small businesses, government agencies, hospitals and schools.