“People of real strength are as rare as gold, and if you find them, you should respond as if you had discovered a treasure.” - Robert Greene, “Laws of Human Nature”
But what does “real strength” (of character) mean? What does it look like? How will we know? How do we become that person?
Be open to new ideas, ways of doing things, and types of people.
Maintain your composure when life throws its worst at you.
Welcome chaos and ambiguity with equanimity.
Be accountable and keep your word.
Extend your patience.
Be your own best friend, be comfortable in your skin.
Focus on the greater good - what’s good for the goose is usually good for the gander - be thinking about the gander for long term best results.
Are you all these things? I doubt it.
Am I? Hardly!
The point is that we’re not firing 100% on all these things all the time. Rather, our goal is to get incrementally better each day.
But there’s another point… find and work with people who do demonstrate these attributes. Select your next employer, partner, friend, or small business to patron based on the strength of the person/owners character.
People like us want to be around others like us.
