Though these two emotions get a bad rap in our modern world, the healthful upside of Desire and Pride is essential to building our Well Being. Hardly anyone grows up in modern society with a clear, clean understanding of the role Desire and Pride play in building an excellent life. Let’s begin to change...
Not everyone who grew older grew up, but you can. Being “grown up” is an accumulation of skills, habits, and character traits. Some people get there faster and more easily than others, but no worries, this isn’t a race. We do, however, progress more swiftly if we look to do our personal best as...
Good character is built by being honest, kind, fair, and brave simultaneously. If your character isn’t as grand as you’d like, maybe you have a wrong desire embedded in your heart. These are four desires that commonly derail our good character choices: The desire to be liked The desire to have the most The...
Can having good character be simple? For 35 years it was my business to build or rebuild the good character of my students. For the last 17 years of that time I was the principal of a school and had the deciding power of exactly how my staff and I would do that. But...
“Always Do Your Best” is a deed-based agreement. The previous three agreements of The Four Agreements showed us how to: Take control over our words, voiced and thought (Be Impeccable with Your Word) Detangle ourselves from the words and actions of others that previously triggered us (Don’t Take Anything Personally) Ask for and provide...
Aside from spectacular “Aha!” moments or epiphanies, people who accomplish change in their lives actively LOOK for 3 things regularly: Look for their own mistakes and shortcomings Look for patterns in their life experiences Look for the good in themselves and others This might sound simple, and for a day or so it may...