W-WALK YOUR TALK

A lot of people I work with would have heard me use this phrase.

“Walk your talk” – Something I totally believe.

Wiktionary says: It is idiotic to say “talk the talk” or “walk the walk” since the only version of the phrase that makes sense is “Walk the talk.”

This figuratively means that you do what you say. You take action (you walk) on what you say (your talk).

Let me just make this simple: If I sit on a couch and pound junk food and lecture people to eat well and be healthy, am I walking my talk?  Or, if I do not live by all that I share with you’ll in my blogs .. what am I doing?

Or If I am going to ask my children to clean their rooms, I need to make sure my room is clean first.

Walk your Talk, according to me means being true to yourself .. being authentic, having integrity in life.

Do you say what you truly mean to say?. And do you do what you mean? Do you make promises to people and not keep them?

Do you walk the talk, or just talk the talk?

If we cannot be authentic to ourselves, how can we live integral, positive and truthful lives?

Florence Scovel Shinn, a metaphysician of the 1920s, said, “There is always plenty on man’s pathway; but it can only be brought into manifestation through desire, faith or the spoken word.” Every time we speak, we create a road of some sort. The quality of that road, and how far it goes, will be directly related to the integrity of our word.

So what is Integrity? It is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. When one has integrity, you are true to yourself and will not do anything that demeans or dishonors you or someone else.

I believe honesty in every aspect of our life is vital. At home, at work, with friends and family, strangers .. in fact with everyone You meet and interact within life.

Our words and our deeds should say the same thing.

Most good leaders you see, hear or meet will walk their talk. Most people like to see and follow good leaders, not just be dictated by them.  A good leader, a guide will never tell You what you must do... People do not like or appreciate hypocrites...So if you want to be a good and successful leader it is important for people to trust You. You need to have integrity and walk your talk.

“Words do less than 10 things, but actions do more than 10 thousand things. Leaders don’t talk in vain; they follow with actions.”

By being honest to yourself, to others. By keeping your word, your promise. If you have committed to someone or something, follow it through. Do the right thing.

What you say, what you do, what you think, how you act defines who you truly are.

When you walk your talk, you build your own personal integrity.

So do you walk your talk?