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Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality; By Dr. Henry Cloud, HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, NY, ISBN 0060849681, 304 pages, list - $24.95; February 2006.
After skimming and then reading Integrity, our most difficult task was to classify the book so that we could explain it. We'll try.
Dr. Cloud has written an excellent, "Yeah But" book. Integrity is a fun, easy book to read as well as a sobering, difficult book to read. It isn't a business roadmap book. Instead it is more of a lifestyle enhancement guide that can help you achieve personal satisfaction - different from great financial wealth - and professional satisfaction/success.
When we first skimmed the book we said "yeah but" quite a bit because we couldn't fault Dr. Cloud's key points and discussion. You have a tendency to read and agree with the six essential qualities for success that he outlines and explains then experience or rationalization steps in and says..."yeah but if we had done that awhile back when were in this situation, we would have been nailed!"
That's why we strongly encourage you to read Integrity in a different way than you might most books if you really want to get the author's message (and we believe he has a message for everyone in the industry!).
Skim the book, put it down...