What about you? If someone peeled off your outer layer, what would he find? Would he find on the inside what you claim to be on the outside? Here we find the one advantage a watermelon has over people — by its nature, a melon has integrity. Integrity does not come naturally to people, even to leaders. It must be developed.
Leaders who practice self-leadership are keenly aware of the inconsistencies in their lives. Rather than ignoring these inconsistencies while they are small, they choose to align who they are with what they believe. They understand that life cannot be compartmentalized into tiny boxes. We have been created as whole beings. Who we are in private cannot be isolated from who we are in public.