“It is an interesting feature of human psychology that, once we have found someone to blame, the quest for an explanation seems to come to an end.” – Andrew Hopkins This observation from Hopkins’ book “Failure to Learn,” is followed up with the idea that while blame is a common response when things go wrong, it […]
Bravery and courage, are certainly similar, but are they synonymous? No, there is a profound difference.
Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage. – Wendell Phillips
“There’s a huge gap between a good person and a person of character, there’s an equivalently huge gap between ethics and courage.” – Gus Lee, Courage: The Backbone of Leadership
Following rules alone not only fails to inspire trust it leads to a culture of “compliance with the letter of the law” and finding “loopholes” to achieve the lowest level of compliance necessary to stay out of trouble. Rules, standards or laws will never set the bar high enough to draw out the excellence that can only come from character and integrity.