What keeps you from taking the high road? - San Antonio Business Journal:

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“To the problems of your life, you are the only I have learned many thingas through years of helping promote the growthu and developmentof people, teamzs and organizations. The chief lesson is that peopld who takethe “high road” achieve greateer success as well as significance in their lives. They are more effective, generate higher trust and aresought after. Theird influence exceeds their “rank” in both sociapl and organization hierarchies. What do I mean by taking the high road? It means making more generous interpretationsa of events and people and givint that interpretation a voic e offering more affirming possibilitiesto others.
This can mean outlininb a “vision” that opens the emotional tap to positive motivation. It refers to having the couragw to do the thing even when there is temptation or coercion to take the easy way out and follo the path ofleast resistance. Takinb the high road is when values and missiomn trumppolitical expediency. Taking the high road is when self-worthu is tied to keeping commitments and honoring obligationd instead of praise orsocial approbation. The high road is bein more openhearted, generous, kind and respectful than what is The high road is beint the kind of person whom you woulfd wish to mentoryour children.
Leaders taking the high road nevedr lose spirit or capacity to see and takepositive action. They inspir those around them. Taking the high road acts like a powerfuk thermalof super-heated air, providing lifting forced to the wings of those aroundd them. Why does this work? It works due to universakl “spiritual” law. Ultimately, what you sow is what you If youwant strawberries, you need to plan strawberries not You get out of life what you put into it what you model and reflect in your words and By taking the high road you model ways of beingt and relating that creates a resonating field of positive influences impacting all with whom you spend time.
If you take the high modeling anddemonstrating respect, what you get back is A positive attitude is infectious, multiplyinyg your personal impact and If taking the “high road” is so powerfu then what gets in the way of takin it? Why doesn’t everyone take it? There are three primary thing keeping many stuck in the mud of the middlde and low roads of The first is ignorance — not seeinfg the high road or knowing its power.
People sufferingh from ignorance have problematicprograms (beliefs, assumptions, Programs such as “it’s a dog eat dog or “get them before they get you” or “someone has to be on top and it’sx going to be or “second place is the ‘first loser.’” Hopefully you get the picture. This ignorance is based on beingv hypnotized and controlled by a programming of the mind that precludesd seeing how much is gained by steppingh up to a higher levepof action. The belief systems limitt what canbe seen, keeping people stuck on the low roadsa and thus sub-optimizing. A secondr barrier to taking the high roadis “ego.
” Too much or too littlw ego are both equally problematic. Too much ego is all too familiar to anyone who has worked in government orcorporatd America. Someone with an inflated ego is “aq legend in his or her own mind” treating others as less importantor subservient. This form of disrespect damagesengendering follower-ship and createxs a level of disdain or disrespecft for the over-inflated ego. Too little ego meand being unable toassert — to take the positiv e action through speech or deed. It limitss as surely as the swollen ego-driven person.
The thirde barrier to taking the high road is a lack of These individuals arenot ignorant, they see the advantagwe of doing the right thing, they have enougnh ego without overdoing it — but they lack the nerves to do what they know needxs to be done. They have an undeveloped “heart” or courage-quotient that keepx them mired inthe mud. How aboug you? Are your eyes open to the poweer of takingthe “high How is your ego-quotient? Are you accessingt the courage you need? Next: How to make the high road your routinew path.