For one of my classes I am currently reading Stephen Covey's
7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I am not far into it, but I am loving this book! I have been thinking a lot lately about success and how people achieve it, and I find it very interesting how much stock people place on personality traits rather than character traits. To me, our personality is how we view ourselves and how others view us, whereas our character is who we really are. It is what drives us to display our personality. Anyway, Covey talks a lot about the same thing (which I must admit influenced some of my thinking). He encourages developing character traits first and letting your personality traits come after. Some of the traits he discusses are:
- integrity
- humility
- fidelity
- industry
- honesty
- service
- quality
- potential
- growth
These are in no particular order and aren't all that Covey talks about, but are some of the traits that I find most valued in society. Anyway, if you haven't read this book yet, I highly recommend picking up a copy!
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