A Real Man

"If you want to be a real man, then you must know about etiquette and rites.

You must put humanity, justice and virtue as your utmost values.

When you achieve ambition or success, you have to pull the masses up with you.

When you are down, you do not resort to crass behaviour or fawning.

You should not allow wealth to dazzle and confuse you, nor should you allow poverty to take away your aspirations.

More important, you must not allow coercion and force to intimidate you and make you lose your integrity and moral courage.

If you can achieve these, then you can be considered to be a real man!”

- Mencius


The Chinese Sage, Mencius', observation is true during his time and it is still very relevant today.

With all the temptations, greed and evil-doers around, it is not easy to be a real man, someone with values and integrity.

Warren Buffett : Integrity

"In looking for someone to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence and energy," said Warren Buffet.

"But the most important is integrity, because if they don't have that, the other two qualities, intelligence and energy, are going to kill you."

"When you hire someone to run your business, you are entrusting him or her with the piggy bank," according to Buffett.

"If these people are smart and hardworking, they are going to make you a lot of money, but if they aren't honest, they will find lots of clever way to make all your money theirs."

The rule is simple: People with integrity are predisposed to perform; people without integrity are predisposed not to perform.

The lesson is simple: Having integrity is more important than being good at what you do.