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Character
Our character is the sum total of our personality traits. It's our inner nature. Character is our identity as shaped by our moral values and expressed in the principles we live by. It's who we are inside – and it determines how we live outside. Our character determines our behavior in life – and our behavior in life determines our character.
At Lifebook we believe that a good character is achieved when we turn virtues into habits.
Human beings are habitual animals. Habits, whether good or bad, make up who we are as people. As Aristotle said, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
You can consciouly choose the character traits you want to build into your life, but in order to successfully implement them we must break them down into habits and rythyms.
Here are a few examples of powerful virtues and some of their related habits: