If you’re experiencing no anxiety or discomfort, the risk you’re taking probably isn’t worthy of you. The only risks that aren’t a little scary are the ones you’ve outgrown.
No sense being pessimistic. Wouldn’t work anyway.
Who is this vague “they” we blame for so many of our problems? “They” is the obscure party we use as our whipping boy to camouflage the fact that we – you and I and other specific human beings just like us – have to start doing things differently. “They” can’t fix anything. We can.
Most people confuse wishing and wanting with pursuing. You must place your trust in action.
But when we get enough people who don’t care, and who don’t accept personal responsibility for high ethical standards, our organization gets the “M” disease. Mediocrity. Anybody in the place can be a carrier. By the same token, every individual can carry the cure: the ethics of excellence.
Everybody makes honest mistakes, but there’s no such thing as an honest cover-up.
Too much attention on problems kills our faith in possibilities.
Trust is the glue that holds relationships together.
If you must doubt something, doubt your limits.
So let your deepest desires direct your aim. Set your sights far above the ‘reasonable’ target. The power of purpose is profound only if you have a desire that stirs the heart.
Your ethical muscle grows stronger every time you choose right over wrong.
Optimism inspires, energizes, and brings out our best. It points the mind toward possibilities and helps us think creatively past problems.
When you can make it this simple, though, just do the right thing. Even if you could get away with less. Even when other people are doing the wrong thing. Even though the wrong thing seems like no big deal.
You can’t put someone else in charge of your morals. Ethics is a personal discipline.
When you see people with “the right stuff,” those who choose the right over the wrong or the “iffy,” let them know you’re proud of them. Encourage the courageous, so they’ll have the will to carry on.