INTEGRITY IN ALL OF LIFE

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Stephen M.R. Covey tells a wonderful story about Mahatma Gandhi:

At one point in his life, he was invited to speak before the House of Commons in England. Using no notes, he spoke for two hours and brought an essentially hostile audience to a rousing standing ovation. Following his speech, some reporters approached his secretary, Mahadev Desai, incredulous that Gandhi could mesmerize his audience for such a long time with no notes. Desai responded:

What Gandhi thinks, what he feels, what he says, and what he does are all the same. He does not need notes…You and I, we think one thing, feel another, say a third, and do a fourth, so we need notes and files to keep track.