Fox News Host Talks About Integrity and Having Positive ‘Squads’ at Convo

Author and Fox News Channel newscaster Harris Faulkner encouraged students and College for a Weekend guests to surround themselves with special people and to have integrity at Convocation April 6.

Faulkner, who grew up in a military family and describes herself as a “military brat,” spoke on two of her nine rules of engagement, taken from her upcoming book entitled “9 Rules of Engagement.” The first rule she spoke of was to “surround yourself with your special forces.”

Faulkner emphasized the importance of having positive people on one’s personal “squad,” which she defined as the group of about 2-5 people a person is closest to.

“Science has shown that the five people we spend the most time with invade our souls in such a way that we begin to emulate them,” Faulkner said. “I don’t know about you, but there are very few people in the world outside of our conclave that I … want to emulate.”

One battle in this world, according to Faulkner, is the battle of doubt versus belief, and that there is always a greater amount of doubt in the world than of belief. The author spoke of the importance of removing from one’s life people who sowed seeds of doubt, comparing it to “firing” people from one’s life.

“Have you ever fired someone from your life?” Faulkner asked.

The question was met with dead silence from the crowd.

“Sometimes we don’t do this because it’s uncomfortable,” Faulkner said. “It’s hard to tell people that you’re on a mission, and that your mission is about goodness — no gossip allowed. It’s about truth-telling — no fake news.”

Faulkner touched on the importance of surrounding oneself with people who would make sacrifices without even having to be asked, allowing her to move on to her second rule of “unleashing your integrity.”

“Integrity is necessary because it is a non-negotiable in every situation. It is power filling, and it is powerful. If you choose to take the high road, it is empty,” Faulkner said.

The speaker encouraged her audience to always take the high road, even though many others in the world will not take it.

“The true meaning of integrity is who we are in those moments when people cannot see what is going on with us,” Faulkner said. “It is who we are in those moments, when the only thing someone can offer us is their company. They can’t do what we want them to in that moment, but they can be with us.”

Faulkner stressed the point that “you are enough” because Christians have God’s light in them.

“When things fall apart, believe that you have enough in you for victory,” Faulkner said.

She encouraged the audience to continue to “take the high road” in both big and little things, even when their integrity was tempted. One example she gave of issues of integrity was standing up for people and groups others do not care about.

Faulkner’s new book, “9 Rules of Engagement,” will be released on June 5 and can be pre-ordered now from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

More information about Faulkner can be found by visiting her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HarrisFaulkner/. She can also be found on Instagram and Twitter as @harrisfaulkner.

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