The Road to Character

High-Level Thoughts

Life contains moments of moral crisis that if withstood, lead to the ultimate joys. Suffering is a gift, it gives a more accurate view of reality.

Summary Notes

Suffering is a gift. It provides us with a more accurate view of reality.

Constant inner clash between Adam 1(career oriented, ambitious, external) and Adam 2(moral qualities, inner).

Be acutely aware of your own weaknesses.

Shift from culture of humility to Big Me. Median narcissism score has risen 30% in the last 2 decades.

Humans have an almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.

Wisdom is a moral quality of knowing what you don't know and figuring out a way to handle your ignorance, uncertainty, and limitation.

Intellectual humility is accurate self awareness from a distance.

The road to character often involves moments of moral crisis, confrontation, and recovery. 

The ultimate joys are moral joys.

Have an awareness that the world existed long before you and will exist long after you. Ask yourself what life expects of you?

You are not the center you the universe. Put life in perspective.