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?
Dani Cutler
Thank you for having me! This answer is easy: Integrity. You can be a person of high intelligence, which means nothing if you don’t have moral or ethical principles. Energy levels do not matter because they shift from day to day (at times hour by hour!) Integrity is a constant, and is the most important thing. Read More>>
Carol Malloy
The first thing people remember about you is what you’d love to be remembered for but let’s face it, they must first know you to understand you. Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is looking so how do we convey that? That is a great question indeed! What I’ve come to realize is this. Read More>>
Victoria Agulla Tagle
Integrity is the most important to me, because it’s the compass that keeps me aligned with who I am and what I want to build with others. Intelligence can design paths, energy can fuel them, but without integrity nothing sustains itself. At the same time, my personal strength is the unstoppable energy I carry—I can cross oceans when I’m truly aligned with a vision. Read More>>
C.M. O’Brien
Integrity, hands down. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for intelligence. The world we currently live in could use a lot more of it. But intelligence and energy mean nothing if you don’t have integrity as your foundation. It’s what builds and maintains trust; it’s what produces real, unwavering respect and ultimately connects one person to another, or a group of people to each other. Read More>>
