When will corporate America finally realize that the integrity and maturation of its employees and organization are far more valuable than its image-driven pursuit of profit? When will self-development and honesty finally rule over self-interest? We need to start looking at the way we work and the cultures we work within to better understand how to put less focus on our image and more on our integrity.

In a world where responsiveness and timely execution have been the standard, we often choose to forget the value of patience and impact of acting without it.

The result of expedient pursuit of gratification and non-reflective action is likely unconscious repetition. We think we’re making a change or alleviating the anxiety, only to realize some time later that we are back in the same place we had been. Same fight, different relationship. Same job, different company. Same baggage, different trip. Same birthday, different year.