Employers want it in their employees, employees want it in their bosses. We all want it in our kids. It’s called character. So what is it and why is it important? What is character? On its face, “character” is a morally neutral term. Every person, from iconic scoundrels like Hitler and saints like Mother Teresa, have a character. We use …
OBSERVATION: How Much Are You Willing to Pay for Money?
Disdain for money is a common theme among moralists, philosophers and liberal political activists. But money is not the problem. It’s what people do to get it and what they do with it when they get it. In Fiddler on the Roof, a poor man sings of his daydreams of the wonderful life he’d have if he were a rich …
Integrity Insight: There are no little lies.
One reason so-called little white lies are not so little is that anytime someone discovers that you lied to them, for whatever reason, they ask themselves “What else has he lied to me about?” And this seed of doubt can grow big enough to destroy trust. The ultimatetest of the wisdom and propriety of a so-called white lie is whether …
Career Development Insight: It doesn’t make sense to run faster if you are running in the wrong direction
It doesn’t make sense to work harder if you are working on the wrong thing. Speed and diligence are only virtues once you have a clear and worthy goal.- Michael Josephson