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What does it mean?
Integrity leads people to hold firmly to their adopted opinions.
In plain terms
Good people stick to their opinions once they choose them.
What can you take from it?
Integrity often manifests as stubbornness.

Where it applies

  • debate
  • leadership
  • personal growth

Putting it to work

  • stand by your principles
  • distinguish stubbornness from conviction

Questions to consider

  • Is stubbornness always bad?
  • How do you stay principled without being rigid?

Another view

This confuses integrity with inflexibility.

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