5 Good Ways to Building Your Integrity in 2024

Filed in Motivation by on February 27, 2024

Integrity is about more than just doing the right thing; it’s about building a character that can survive a crisis intact. And the good ways to building your integrity is in the simple things that we do every day.

So How Do You Build Your Integrity?

Resolving to adopt a lifestyle of integrity is a decision that will affect all aspects of your daily pursuits — your activities on a personal level and on behalf of your family and business.

Also, it all starts with the desire to take a self-inventory to discover needs you’re not currently fulfilling in your life and then decide to take action to change this.

Foremost, this process involves declaring an intention that you follow through on with commitments and actions. Here are some suggested steps to set you on your way:

Be Ruthlessly Honest With Yourself

Of all the lies we tell, the ones we tell ourselves are the most deadly. Question your motives. Stop justifying what you know to be wrong. Stop excusing yourself.

Seeking Wise Counsel

We all have blind spots. It’s one thing, to be honest with yourself, but sometimes you and I are just blind to faults others can see. Find three or four people who believe in you and ask them for feedback on your life.

Decide to Honor God, Not Please People

Doing the right thing is rarely the straightforward thing, and sometimes it’s not the popular thing.

However, honoring God is not the same as believing you are always right and everyone else is wrong – it simply means you are going to live with a long view of what to do, informed by scripture.

It also means enduring short-term pain for long-term gain. Therefore, to avoid becoming arrogant or deluded, make sure you test what obedience looks like for you not only against scripture and prayer. But also with your circle of wise counsel (see above). They will see things you can’t see.

Be Appropriately Transparent:

We’d all like to be something we’re not. Admit your shortcomings. You don’t have to tell everyone what you’re struggling with, but you need to tell someone.

Therefore, part of being honest with yourself is being honest with others. And as much as you might be afraid that everyone will think less of you, living transparently and not pretending to be someone, you don’t make people think more of you. It’s counter-intuitive. It’s also transformative.

Put Yourself First With Personal Growth

However, I know that sounds selfish, even biblical, but I’m not sure it is. Jesus prepared for thirty years before ministering for three. And during those three years, he often disappeared to pray.

Also, you can only give what you’ve got. He spent entire seasons of his life receiving from God what he needed to give to the world.

Cancel some appointments. Tell the kids to wait. You need to build a solid spiritual, emotional, and relational foundation for your life. Pray.

However, Open the Bible (for you – not for anyone else pastors). Go for a run. Eat something healthy. Go for dinner with a friend who gives you life. If your cup is empty, how are you going to fill anyone else’s?

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