An essential role of education is to teach us to think critically – to evaluate, to personally verify, to look beyond the surface, and to honestly recognize problems if they exist.
Tag: values
Character and Success
Becoming a person of good and strong character is a foundational development for achieving success in life.
What is Courage?
Courage is sometimes misunderstood as a quality of being fearless, but in reality it involves experiencing fear and then being able to overcome it.
Communicate, Avoid Arguing
In matters of disagreement and differences of opinion, winning an argument can often cost more than it is worth. .
Appreciating Your Good Fortune
Be thankful for your good fortune, of which you have more than you may realize.
Knowing and Doing What’s Right
Knowing and doing the right thing are central for success in life, but often more challenging than we would like to admit.
What’s Really Important?
How much time should you devote to making money.? It all depends on your values and what you define as necessary, important and meaningful.
Don’t Aim at Success
Success is not the hitting of a target, but rather the side effect of your commitments, values, and dedicated involvements.
Do the Right Thing, If You Dare
Doing the right thing means that you act under the guidance of moral principles, like honesty, decency, and moral courage. It isn’t always easy to do.
It Takes Courage to be Consistently Virtuous
Courage is the ability to overcome fear, and in many situations it is the crucial quality that makes it possible to act virtuously.