In the world of business, integrity is everything. There has to be a baseline level of trust, or the entire system collapses. That's why I make honesty a top priority in my professional life, even in situations where bending the truth a little would be to my personal benefit. For example, I would never misrepresent my level of expertise when applying for a job, even if I needed the work to keep my family from going hungry.
Politicians, and people, can compensate for other types of weaknesses, but they cannot do so for morality. Even if they do overlook moral weaknesses, voters feel torn about their choice and are dissatisfied. In the recent New York city mayoral elections, when voters picked Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani, they traded off morality for experience, or any number of other traits they believed Cuomo had and Mamdani lacked. Yet, they felt dissatisfied with their choice.
From time to time in this column, I like to look at something I wrote in the past and see if it holds up to retrospective scrutiny. Early last year, after the baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara were ensnared in a major gambling scandal that ended with Mizuhara in jail, I wrote a column titled "Online Gambling Is Changing Sports for the Worse," in which I expressed concern for the "integrity of the game," and worried that betting by athletes and others around them—Ohtani himself denied any involvement and was never charged with anything—might begin occurring with such frequency that it would cause the public, including children, to lose faith in what they were watching.
For many of us, the workplace in recent years has been dominated by anxiety. How will we keep our people safe? How will we adjust and adapt to hybrid work? How will we continue to be productive and profitable? How will I prove myself indispensable in the age of AI and keep my job? In this high- stress and high-stakes environment, some of this worry is a positive motivator, encouraging us to anticipate and prepare for future challenges.
One conversation could change your life, and you just never know when it's going to happen. In business, real breakthroughs rarely come from a spreadsheet or strategy deck. They come from a sentence, a story, a conversation that shifts your perspective and opens a door you didn't know existed.
In today's rapidly evolving threat landscape, organizations are under constant pressure to defend digital borders, monitor operations, and comply with complex regulatory requirements.
"Aspirations to wealth can be positive, but aspiring billionaires risk losing their integrity if they don't choose their role models wisely amidst troubling headlines."
Trump's response to being asked about sharing trade deal information emphasized his trust in the integrity of his team and a dismissal of accusations.
At Poker, we hold our team members to the highest standards of integrity and commitment. Recent comments by team pro Nacho Barbero regarding the use of Wizard have raised serious concerns about his understanding of our security measures and his role as an ambassador.
