Then, if you do, they work,' or 'Character = the ability to meet the demands of reality,' which is not to be confused with integrity, the courage to meet those same demands.) This book is not for the person seeking a quick-fix Cloud's breed of integrity is a lifestyle choice. Cloud one of the top 25 most influential leaders in personal growth and development.

When they don't, that is the time to make them work. Henry Cloud is an acclaimed leadership expert, psychologist, and New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold over 10 million copies.

Throughout the same years and until the present, he. He uses stories from well-known business leaders like Michael Dell and sports figures like Tiger Woods to illustrate each of these qualities. What each of his stories has in common is how success, often wild success across multiple fields, is fueled by openness, honesty to one's self and to others and 'true trust,' which is borne out of someone's goodness not being 'dependent on anything.' Cloud's conversational writing style makes for an easy read, and much of his advice is sound if not groundbreaking, but some aphorisms come off as hokey. Cloud explores the six qualities of character that define integrity. The French and Latin meanings of the word hint at its origins, 'that the whole thing is working well, undivided, integrated, intact and uncorrupted.' Achieving this 'wholeness' requires the development of six character traits (creates trust, unafraid of reality, results-oriented, solves 'negative realities,' causes growth and finds meaning in life) which Cloud examines in great detail, using business stories like Proctor and Gamble's success in China and the experiences of his CEO friends and clients.

For Cloud, an author, clinical psychologist and corporate consultant, integrity is more than just a person's ethics and morals.

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