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🎙 Episode Title: Lead with Integrity: Why Ethical Living and Self-Reflection Are the Keys to Sustainable Success | Jim Carlough

In this episode of the LEAD with Impact Podcast, host Michael Dillard speaks with Jim Carlough about how daily self-reflection and personal integrity shape authentic, sustainable leadership.

Since 1983, Jim has ended every day by asking himself a simple yet powerful question:

This nightly practice, inspired early in his career by the legendary Ross Perot’s commitment to ethics and accountability, has guided Jim’s professional decisions and personal philosophy for more than four decades. The conversation explores how consistent self-reflection prevents burnout, strengthens moral character, and creates long-term success for leaders and teams alike.

Whether you’re leading a division, running a business, or pursuing personal growth, this episode challenges you to pause, reflect, and lead with integrity — a principle modeled by leaders like Ross Perot and practiced daily by Jim Carlough.

💡 Key Takeaways

• Reflect nightly on your actions and their impact.

• Integrity means considering others before self-benefit.

• Daily reflection prevents ethical blind spots.

• Consistent self-awareness builds long-term trust.

• Ethical living, inspired by role models like Ross Perot, is the foundation of sustainable success.

💬 Featured Quotes

• “Did I do anything today for my own personal self-benefit?”

• “You immediately have to figure out how to unwind it.”

• “I have asked myself that question every night since 1983.”

🌐 Connect with Jim Carlough

Website: https://jimcarlough.com/

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