What is Financial Integrity?
Some people define “integrity” as
· the quality or condition of being whole
· having substantial or enduring character
· congruity, alignment, integration
What comes to mind when you hear that a building has “structural integrity”? You might imagine the building to be safe, strong and secure – it will hold together well and serve the inhabitants for a long time, thus fulfilling its purpose.
Financial integrity is much the same – it implies strength, security and honesty when it comes to money. It means walking your talk, and it involves making wise choices to achieve purposeful, reliable and beneficial ends.
Here are a few comments from people who have worked with the Financial Integrity program:
“I got out of a great deal of consumer debt, tripled my retirement savings, and built an emergency fund. For the first time in my life, I know for sure that I am consistently living below my means and I'm prepared for unpredictable expenses.”
“It gave me a new way of looking at the relationship between time and money. I found I value time much more than money and I found out what "enough" was for me. Invaluable.”
“I stumbled across [the program] six years ago and found – miracle – all my feelings and ideas understood and shared… While doing the steps I found out that I was financially independent already but… it is not the end of the journey, it is the beginning. Now I know why people who win a large sum in a lottery very seldom remain wealthy. It’s because they have never learned [financial integrity.] I quit my paid job last year at the age of 40.”
“First (in 1992) – success meant being financially independent. Seemed totally impossible when we started out… our wall chart now shows independence around next spring (2008). Success is still evolving, but at the moment it means stronger relationships, more time, making more change for our definition of ‘better’, and more freedom. It also means that a possession will never again take precedence over the successes above. Our possessions only exist to serve the above.”
· the quality or condition of being whole
· having substantial or enduring character
· congruity, alignment, integration
What comes to mind when you hear that a building has “structural integrity”? You might imagine the building to be safe, strong and secure – it will hold together well and serve the inhabitants for a long time, thus fulfilling its purpose.
Financial integrity is much the same – it implies strength, security and honesty when it comes to money. It means walking your talk, and it involves making wise choices to achieve purposeful, reliable and beneficial ends.
Here are a few comments from people who have worked with the Financial Integrity program:
“I got out of a great deal of consumer debt, tripled my retirement savings, and built an emergency fund. For the first time in my life, I know for sure that I am consistently living below my means and I'm prepared for unpredictable expenses.”
“It gave me a new way of looking at the relationship between time and money. I found I value time much more than money and I found out what "enough" was for me. Invaluable.”
“I stumbled across [the program] six years ago and found – miracle – all my feelings and ideas understood and shared… While doing the steps I found out that I was financially independent already but… it is not the end of the journey, it is the beginning. Now I know why people who win a large sum in a lottery very seldom remain wealthy. It’s because they have never learned [financial integrity.] I quit my paid job last year at the age of 40.”
“First (in 1992) – success meant being financially independent. Seemed totally impossible when we started out… our wall chart now shows independence around next spring (2008). Success is still evolving, but at the moment it means stronger relationships, more time, making more change for our definition of ‘better’, and more freedom. It also means that a possession will never again take precedence over the successes above. Our possessions only exist to serve the above.”