A friend told me not long ago the story of a big business man, let's call him Marius who embezzled from the company at which he was assistant director, a big amount of money which after he invested in his own business. With other words, Marius made himself an owner on the company's money where he was working. And, because he was very ingenious, he was not discovered a long time. But, the investments he made in his own interest didn't work out and finally he ended up in a lot of debt.

The company's manager noticed in the end the fact that a big amount of money was circumvented from the company's funds and that, “by accident”, ended in the accounts of the assistant director. After not much time Marius was fired and accused of qualified theft.

But look what the company's manager said after firing the assistant director: “Marius was in a difficult financial situation, he had a lot of debt and this is why he used my company's money. He never came to consult me or to ask for my help. So I lost my trust in him and I had no choice, I had to dismiss him immediately.”

The avalanches of gods come and go

Some people create the embarrassing impression that they are more than in reality, I mean little gods on earth who can never fail and this why they never stop their hunger of doing whatever they want without bearing in mind for someone or something. But, as you saw, this impression is very strong shattered when things go wrong. In the end, their ambition for glory, for being all the time in front of everybody and always to obtain the biggest benefits (by different manners, especially illegal) can convert in tears and regrets.

Just like an owl that doesn't see in the day and the raven that can't see at night, neither will us be able to accomplish more than it is given to us. We can't trick the forces and the laws divines. We are not gods, so we are sentenced to make mistakes, sometimes big sometimes small. But it's good, however to avoid big mistakes before they become failures. And a mistake that can cost us very much is to take advantage of the other's people expectations and to manipulate them in personal interests.

Honour is the most profitable investment for a leader

With certainty honour is the safest way to keep our relation intact with the other people, with bosses, colleagues, and friends. If you will always be honest, serious and sober, things will move in the positive direction and you will have only to win. And if you are placed in a position of leadership, you can't betray those who invested trust in you. On the contrary, you have to show everybody that you are onest, that always trying to give more than we receive.

You will never be able to build safe relationships if you don't gain the other's people trust, if you don't treat them with patience and respect, and if you don't prove them first of all that you are honest and serious.