There is no one path – to success or even to New York (or Kansas). Similarly, what matters to others can vary widely – so we tried to tighten up that question to focus on three key traits to see what most folks in our community valued most – intelligence, energy, or integrity?
The EMA
Integrity, not in the sense of a sort of morality, but more like structural integrity. When you aren’t just keeping your word, but actually being your word, to honor your word is to honor yourself; and, to dishonor it is to be an incomplete person. Read more >>>
Melinda Gonzalez
Integrity is absolutely important to me, especially as a founder. In business, your word and your actions have to align. For Mi Eleménte, that means being transparent about ingredients, staying true to the mission of creating all-natural skincare, and delivering on what I promise customers. Trust is something you earn, and integrity is the foundation of that trust.” Read more >>>
Shammae Shackleford
Integrity would be the most important of the three to me. Intelligence can be built on and expanded as you age so if you are lacking in intelligence now, it can be rectified with practice and time. Energy is transmutable, fleeting even and can always change from one form to another. Read more >>>
Roberto Alvarez-Galloso
All three [intelligence, energy, and integrity] are important. 1.We need intelligence in order to make decisions that will help ourselves as well as our clients and the general public 2. We need the energy to maintain the motivation of being able to do our work and help others in the process. 3. Read more >>>
