Character & Integrity
Books on ethics, virtue, honesty, repair, and becoming the kind of person your life can trust.
- 8 Books
- 57 Insights
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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Chop Wood Carry WaterOpen book
Joshua Medcalf · 2015
Choose the next piece of practice. Give it your attention.
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How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral QuestionOpen book
Michael Schur · 2022
Perfection is not the assignment. Trying to be a little better is.
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3
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the BoxOpen book
The Arbinger Institute · 2000
The box opens when the other person becomes fully human again.
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The Anatomy of PeaceOpen book
The Arbinger Institute · 2006
Peace begins when the other person becomes human again inside your story.
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The Art of LivingOpen book
Epictetus
Freedom begins where attention returns to what choice can govern.
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6
The Fifth AgreementOpen book
Miguel Ruiz · 2010
Listen with respect, but do not hand your authority to any story.
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7
The Road to CharacterOpen book
David Brooks · 2015
The deeper road asks what your choices are making of you.
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The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True SelfOpen book
Martha N. Beck · 2021
Integrity returns through the next true thing.
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