“Character Counts!”

No matter what you do, your ultimate smart goal, beyond what you are trying to accomplish now, is to achieve happiness and become a good person. Anindividualcanexercisemajorsuccessfactorsby developingamoralcharactertoachievethekindof happinesseveryonedesiresfor. Aristotleexaminedthehumanconditionandcame to a remarkable conclusion. He said, “Only the good can be happy, and only the virtuous can be good.”

It simply means, if you want to have a wonderful life, you must continually attempt to become a good person. Any deviation from this course will lead you to lower levels of happiness and dissatisfaction. Every time you act consistently with the highest assets you know, you feel happy and strong inside, your self-confidence and selfesteem go up and you become more effective in yourrelationshipsandwork.

To achieve happiness and become a good person, you must know that character is the greatest success factor of all. If you want to change your outer world, you must work, like a computer programmer at a keyboard, to reprogram your subconscious mind, your world of values, beliefs, so that the person you are inside is exactly the mental equivalent of the life you want to enjoy on theoutside.

If character is the greatest success factor in your life,thebasiccomponentofone’scharactercanbe trust.Inrelationships,trustisthegluethatholdsit all together. We can’t proceed in any kind of relationshipunlesswetrustandfeelconfidentwith theotherperson. Allgoodfriendshipsarebasedon trust. All strong families are based on trust. And in companies, which are based on larger business families,trustisthekeyingredientthatdetermines the success and wealth of the initiatives. This remindsmeofthisveryquoteof:

“Refuse to compromise your moral character. Refuse to pretend or wish or hope that something isnottrue,wheninyourheart,youknowitis.”

This means that you should live in truth with everyone around. You should speak of the truth simply and honestly. You should not stay in relationships that do not confide you or do things thatyoudonotagreewithorbelievein.Youshould notshareyourthoughtswithdishonestpeopleand hinder the sincere expression of your true beliefs. You should steadfastly insist on living in truth in every aspect of your life and strive to become a goodperson.