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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 12
th
sponge.
“You’ll do just fine in this or any other hospital,” he told her.
When you know you’re right, you can’t 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, the 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 smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But 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 became – 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 feel good
about themselves. Inevitably they will do everything they can to preserve these
external factors, but they will do very little to develop their inner value and
personal growth.
So be yourself. Don’t engage in a personal coverup of areas that are
unpleasing in your life. When it is tough, do it 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.
Integrity means you do what you do because it’s right and not just
fashionable or politically correct. A life of principle, of not succumbing to the
seductive sirens of any easy morality, will always win the day. It will take you
forward into the 21
st
century without having to check your tracks in a rearview
mirror. My grandparents taught me that.
QUESTIONS:
1. What are the main principles described by the author?
2. Do the examples he gives sound convincing to you?
3. Do you know examples, which could illustrate this article?
4. What is meant by integrity here?
5. Do you think you can make use of the article?
In the exercise ahead you are to supply the gaps with the missing words. It
touches familiar topics, so you are very likely to fulfill the task.
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