How often do you hear the expressions: "I will go to the principle", "matter of principle", "unprincipled person." Integrity is a concept that is familiar to almost everyone. But have you ever thought about its meaning?
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The word "principle" comes from the Latin principium, which means "beginning", "basis". According to explanatory dictionaries, in Russian it has several meanings. So, the principle is called the basic position of doctrine, theory, social structure. In addition, this word denotes the features of the work or device of machines, equipment, and various devices. Finally, the principles are the beliefs of a person that affect his worldview, attitude to certain events, phenomena.
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Principals are often called those people who know exactly what they want and without hesitation go straight to the intended goal. Due to their firmness and tenacity, they often achieve better results than those around them. However, adherence to principles is not an innate character trait. Beliefs are formed under the influence of life experience: education, perception of one's own personality, as well as other people, social circle, failures and victories.
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But principles can get in the way of life. Rigidity, self-righteousness and the desire to insist on a certain point of view deprive a person of flexibility and ease of thinking. When it is necessary to act according to circumstances, to make quick decisions based not on one's own convictions, but on the desire to find the best option, a principled person can get into a dead end. When the well-being, success and happiness of loved ones are on one side of the scale, and his own adherence to principles is on the other, he turns into a slave of his life attitudes.
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So that the principles do not constrain the actions and thoughts of a person, they must be developed independently. Very often, the fear of abandoning beliefs is not based on confidence in one's own position, but on the fear of being misunderstood by relatives, friends, colleagues, who have imposed certain views on life. However, in the case when the principles are the result of personal experience, a person is free to act according to circumstances, to seek compromises and new solutions.
