Reading collection
Character & Integrity
Books on ethics, virtue, honesty, repair, and becoming the kind of person your life can trust.
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Collection index
A shelf with an argument.
Every collection gathers books around a practical life problem. Open the title that feels closest, then let the shelf widen the frame.
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01
Joshua Medcalf · 2015
Chop Wood Carry Water
Everyone wants to be great, until it's time to do what greatness requires.
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02
Michael Schur · 2022
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
Perfection is not the assignment. Trying to be a little better is.
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03
The Arbinger Institute · 2000
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
The box opens when the other person becomes fully human again.
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The Arbinger Institute · 2006
The Anatomy of Peace
Peace begins when the other person becomes human again inside your story.
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Epictetus
The Art of Living
Freedom begins where attention returns to what choice can govern.
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Miguel Ruiz · 2010
The Fifth Agreement
Listen with respect, but do not hand your authority to any story.
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David Brooks · 2015
The Road to Character
The deeper road asks what your choices are making of you.
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Martha N. Beck · 2021
The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self
Integrity returns through the next true thing.
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