Years ago, as a student at Oral Roberts University, I was studying in the library and saw a little daily quote calendar on the counter. The quote for that day said, “If 40,000 people do something wrong, it’s still wrong.” My takeaway was that even if the majority is wrong, there has to be at least...
Character First! defines courage as “overcoming fear by saying and doing what is right.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, “Courage isn’t the absence of fear, but the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” Courage is neutral, all by itself. It is a double-edged sword....
This past winter, I had the opportunity to be a State Senate Page for Senator J.J. Dossett. The duties of a government Page are relatively simple. I would deliver memos and legislative materials around the Capitol and assist in the Executive Assistant’s office. Some days I sat in on Committee...
The City implemented the character initiative with city employees and the community in 2002. Over the past 15 years each month’s focus has impacted me in different ways, some big and some small, but one thing I have discovered is there is always something to learn. The character trait of Boldness...
