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…strong character is difficult to achieve, particularly at a time when religious, communal, and family traditions and values are weak and uncertain, the principal messages conveyed by the mass media are irrelevant at best.
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246 |
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Prepare yourself with strength of character to withstand discouragements as well as disasters.
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102 |
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What a manager has to be able to do can be learned. But there is one qualification the manager cannot acquire but must bring to the task. It is not genius: it is character.
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010 |
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Character is not something managers can acquire; if they do not bring it to the job, they will never have it.
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287 |
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Character is often confused with personality, but they’re not the same. Personality is your predisposition – your basic instincts for how to think, feel, and act. Character is your capacity to prioritize your values over your instincts.
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020 |
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Personality is not your destiny – it’s your tendency. Character skills enable you to transcend that tendency to be true to your principles. It’s not about the traits you have – it’s what you decide to do with them.
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020 |
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If natural talent determines where people start, learned character affects how far they go. But character skills aren’t always immediately apparent. If we don’t look beyond the surface, we risk missing the potential for brilliance beneath.
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206 |
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The most meaningful growth is not building our careers – it’s building our character.
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233 |
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In everyday life, most opportunities to build character are modest in scope and easily missed if you’re not paying attention.
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211 |
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If you go into a mentoring relationship expecting to change a person’s character you’re liable to be disappointment.
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206 |
