Responsibility Is Good News

Responsibility is not a sentence or a reason for shame. It is the discovery that there is something you can...
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Proportion: The Unseen Governor of Life

Proportion is not a thing we can easily point to. It is the relationship among things, and when one part...
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Lindsey Graham: Respect Without Agreement

A country cannot survive if every political opponent becomes an enemy, every disagreement becomes hatred, and every act of respect...
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The Redefinition of Purpose

A group is created to serve a purpose. Then the purpose weakens, is fulfilled, or is subverted. If the institution...
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Accountability Is Not Revenge

Accountability is not revenge. Revenge wants injury. Accountability wants truth, process, consequence, and repair. When a country loses that distinction,...
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What Is Human Conduct? Why Action Reveals Character

Human conduct is where belief, judgment, desire, discipline, and character become visible. A person’s conduct reveals what governs him, and...
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What Is Self-Command?

Self-command is more than self-control. It is the ability to govern attention, speech, appetite, emotion, judgment, and action. Without self-command,...
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How to Choose an Expert

A real expert may deal with complex problems, but he is not confused by them. He separates the parts, puts...
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How to Overcome Fear and Make Better Decisions

Fear controls decisions when we refuse to confront what might happen. By facing possible consequences and becoming willing to experience...
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Restraint: Knowing When Not to Act

Restraint creates space between impulse and action. It allows judgment to enter before words, emotions, or decisions create unnecessary damage.
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