Sentence Stems for Purpose & Integrity
Exercises from part four episode 16 by Nathaniel Branden
These are from the program Nathaniel Branden recommends to help work on our purpose and integrity.
Living purposefully to me means—Â
If I bring 5 percent more purposefulness to my life today—Â
If I operate with 5 percent more purposefulness at work—Â
If I am 5 percent more purposeful in my communications—Â
If I bring 5 percent more purposefulness to my relationships at work—Â
If I operate 5 percent more purposefully in my marriage—Â
If I operate 5 percent more purposefully with my children—Â
If I operate 5 percent more purposefully with my friends—Â
If I am 5 percent more purposeful about my deepest yearnings—Â
If I am 5 percent more purposeful about taking care of my needs—Â
If I took more responsibility for fulfilling my wants—Â
If any of what I have been writing is true, it might be helpful if I—Â
Living purposefully is a fundamental orientation that applies to every aspect of our existence. It means that we live and act by intention. It is a distinguishing characteristic of those who enjoy a high level of control over their life.
Here are sentence stems that can aid the process of exploration integrity:Â
Integrity to me means—Â
If I think about the areas where I find it difficult to practice full integrity—Â
If I bring a higher level of consciousness to the areas where I find it difficult to practice full integrity—Â
If I bring 5 percent more integrity into my life—Â
If I bring 5 percent more integrity to my work—Â
If I bring 5 percent more integrity to my relationships—Â
If I remain loyal to the values I truly believe are right—Â
If I refuse to live by values I do not respect—Â
If I treat my self-esteem as a high priority—Â
A suggestion: Work with the first four of these stems for the first week, and the second four the following week. On the weekends work with the stem:
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if I—
If you choose to bring a high level of awareness to what you produce, you may discover that living with greater integrity has become more realizable.
Express versus prove: I love the distinction.