How to balance competition with cooperation, sharing with greed and quick fix solutions with long-term plans are discussed with interesting insights.

  • There is a spiritual aspect to maintaining good ethics. Dr. Richard Bayer shows how Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Judaism agree on many ways on how to be a good person.

Virtues

Virtues help answer what actions to take in challenging circumstances. It’s much easier not to be swayed by peers if you have spent time planning long-range goals that match your ethics, virtues and character. The virtues of courage, justice, prudence and temperance are explored among others.

Opportunities

It is not as tempting to bite on the next offered opportunity if it doesn’t fit into a solid long-term plan. The author points out how everyone is offered opportunities all the time but that doesn’t mean people have to jump on them.