This content was created by Kenston Henderson CSP EPIC Experiences Guaranteed. This content was uploaded by Kenston Henderson CSP EPIC Experiences Guaranteed. This is a YouTube video titled "The Power of Integrity: The Key to Entrepreneurial Success" (created June 21, 2024). It is a short, entrepreneur-style monologue (Freedom Friday) by a single speaker (labeled SPEAKER A) who discusses the importance of integrity and keeping your word in business—sharing an example of proactively notifying banks or clients when obligations can't be met—and encouraging entrepreneurs in the speaking/professional development space to act with integrity to preserve relationships and protect their business.
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Hey, great people. Freedom Friday, entrepreneur style. Okay, I was reading a book on a flight to Wisconsin, and they were interviewing a multimillionaire entrepreneur, uh, business owner, who they asked her the question, what is your greatest value that you stand on that has made you successful? And she responded back with being a person of integrity. And she went on further to say that that, you know, your word is bond and you should always honor your word. And so she gave some examples of where, you know, she knew she wasn't going to be able to make the payment to the bank on the loan, or she knew she wasn't going to be able to provide the service that she provided. And so she would always call them before they called her. You hear me? She will always call them before they called her to set up some type of different arrangement or to give them that advance notice that it's not going to be able to happen, the service. And that has paid dividends to her to the point where she built even greater relationships with those people, with those banks. And now, to this day, those are positive relationships. And so I couldn't agree more with that. As being in speaking industry and professional development industry, I want to make sure that my customers are taken care of. And they're not reaching out to me before I reach out to them. And so as entrepreneurs, it can be hard because you're wearing many hats, and I get it. But make sure you take the time to make sure you're being a person of integrity, because your word is bond. Without it, you will lose business, and that's not what we in the business of doing, uh, because as an entrepreneur, you may be one strike away from losing your entire business. And so I want to encourage you to be a person of your word. Act with integrity. Peace.
