Integrity isn't about being perfect or completely ethical - it's about the distance between your best and worst self.

Most people think in binary terms: you're either good or bad, ethical or unethical. But the reality is more nuanced.

Everyone has both:

• A best self (moments they're proud of)
• A worst self (moments they'd rather forget)

The key insight is that both versions are authentically you.

True integrity work involves:

• Reducing the gap between these extremes through consistent effort
• Accepting that both sides exist
• Working continuously to narrow the distance

When you don't work on this gap, it grows larger, making both your best and worst behaviors seem like unpredictable outliers. The goal isn't perfection - it's narrowing the distance between who you are at your best and who you are at your worst.