I KNOW YOUR KIND

"Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) British poet/critic/philosopher

Substitute any number of adjectives for love, for example, respect, admiration, gratitude, and this applies equally well in business.

Acts of kindness are not always intended to demonstrate kindness.  

ARE YOU REALLY REAL?

"Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there."

Eric Hoffer

20th century American philosopher/author

"The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there."

In you and your company.

If you know the value is not there sooner or later others will as well.

Probably sooner.

WHAT YOU REALLY ARE MORE THAN WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO APPEAR TO BE

"Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one."

Baltasar Gracian

17th century Spanish philosopher/writer

Aspire to be smart, concerned, empathetic, engaged, etc. rather than aspiring to appear smart, concerned, empathetic, engaged, etc.

Appearances count, however ultimately, not for much.

What You Are, What You Say--The Same?

"The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs."

James Allen
Late 19th century author

What you tell others is your management philosophy is not as important as what you believe it to be.

And you couldn't fake it if you wanted to.