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By Adam Rifkin

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Everything I need to know I learned from a book

Is Kindness Physically Attractive?

See Past the Annoying Flaws of Others With a Shift In Perspective

Every decision we make sets in motion a cycle of events, and the result is what we call our life. ~Emilia Lahti, Why We Fear

The journey to authentic leadership is not a straight line. ~Bill George, senior fellow at Harvard Business School

Which Character Strengths Are Most Predictive of Well-Being?

The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership

How Kindness Became Our Forbidden Pleasure

The Moral Bucket List - NYTimes.com

Take It From David Brooks: Career Success 'Doesn't Make You Happy'

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened. ~Helen Keller

Things money can't buy:

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. ~Aristotle

NFL Book Excerpt: The Making of Modern Quarterbacks by Bruce Feldman

Character -- the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life -- the source from which self-respect springs. ~Joan Didion

How To Turn Character Flaws Into Strengths With One Easy Mental Trick

Mean People Fail, by Paul Graham

Out of Character: The Psychology of Good and Evil | Brain Pickings

Occupational Hazards of Working on Wall Street

David Brooks's 5-Step Guide to Being Deep - Atlantic Mobile

Why Kids Care More About Achievement Than Helping Others

How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are - Andrew Solomon TED talk

Character -- the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life -- is the source from which self-respect springs. ~Joan Didion

Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

Medal of Honor recipient risked all for comrades

Moral character is how we treat people who can do nothing for us.

Raising a Moral Child, Adam Grant's New York Times article on how to nurture kindness and compassion...

What Scandinavia Can Teach U.S. Teens About Coming of Age - Atlantic Mobile

Laws of Character and Personality

Edgar Allan Poe on the Joy of Marginalia and What Handwriting Reveals about Character | Brain Pickings

Walter Mischel Marshmallow Experiment: We Didn’t Eat the Marshmallow. The Marshmallow Ate Us. - NYTimes.com

The choices we make ...

Alright, that's it! Dishonor! Dishonor on your whole family! Make note of this! Dishonor on you! Dishonor on your cow! ~Mulan gif

Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who YOU are.

Choosing to Be Formidable | Seth Godin

Likability Chart: Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, etc.

How to increase self control and become more successful

Can a messy office make you more creative?

Clayton Christensen's Personal Quest To Help You Measure Your Life

10 Questions for Becoming a Better Judge of People - Anthony Tjan - Harvard Business Review

Fernandez Anaya let Abel Mutai finish first.

Who we are is Where we are

How to tell if you're a good person

What Is Conscientiousness, by Eric Barker - AskMen

Does great literature makes us better?

Sincerity quote - James Russell Lowell

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. ~Abraham Lincoln

True Grit - Association for Psychological Science

Repair Checklist & the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (laminated) | The Gottman Institute

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. ~W. Somerset Maugham

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