– even if you think you’re good enough. BE HONEST – even when others aren’t and it may cost
CHARACTER: You Can Always Get Better
Everyone is ethical in their own eyes. Beware of self delusion when assessing your own character or the ethics of your organization. It’s a dangerous form of hubris to be certain that “I would never do that” or “It can’t happen here.” It’s easier to make a good organization better than a bad organization good. – Michael Josephson
OBSERVATION: You don’t have to be sick to get better.
One of the greatest obstacles to improvement is ego. If the idea of getting better — learning new ways to do things, new strategies to deal with people, new ways to motivate ourselves — is thought of as an implicit criticism that we weren’t good enough before, we are likely to reject it. That you are a better parent, manager or person …