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Benefits of Good Character

by Ron Kurtus (21 March 2007)

You will benefit by having good character. Good personal character will improve your ability to achieve goals and complete difficult tasks. If you have positive social character, you will be trusted and even admired by other people. By following the rules of your culture or religion, you will fit in and be accepted in the group.

Questions you may have include:

• How is good personal character beneficial?
• What are the advantages of good social character?
• How is good personal character beneficial?

This lesson will answer those questions. There is a mini-quiz near the end of the lesson.

Personal benefits

Your attitudes toward the tasks you must do, the goals you want to achieve and the challenges and obstacles you may encounter are determining factors in whether or not you will be successful.

Having a positive attitude toward doing difficult work is a good personal character trait and will move you toward achieving your goal. Likewise, being courageous and determined will help you succeed. If you are organized, you can plan out successful completion of your projects and goals.

People who are lazy, weak-willed, and have other negative personal character traits will typically not be very successful in what they attempt.

Social benefits

Your attitudes and how you act toward other people often determines their desire to deal with you, both in business and in personal relationships.

If you show that you are an honest person with a great amount of integrity, others will trust you. People like to associate with those they feel are reliable and responsible. They appreciate it if you are fair-minded and understanding.

People want to buy from an honest salesman, employers want to hire reliable workers, and people like friends they can count on and trust.

Obviously, a person with a reputation of being dishonest, uncaring or unreliable will not receive the same considerations in an interaction as someone with a good character. If you had a choice between buying from someone you knew was honest and someone who had a questionable reputation, you would probably pick the honest person, unless there was some other major factor influencing you.

Note that there are some people who seem to have good social character, but they are cleverly deceptive. People often tell about romantic relationships that turned sour once they found out the truth about the other person's character.

Rule-based benefits

Your attitudes toward the rules of your government, culture or religion will determine how others in a group view you. Often, breaking the rules can result in punishment or banishment.

If you follow the laws of your government or community, you will usually benefit be considered a law-abiding citizen. Breaking the laws can result in a fine or even jail time.

If you follow the rules of your culture or family group, you will benefit by feeling that you belong and are accepted. Breaking the rules and rebelling against the culture will bring about disapproval and in some cases banishment from the group.

Following the rules of your religion will bring you favor with your God and those in your religious community. Certainly, a "sinner" is looked down upon by others in the religion.

In conclusion

You will benefit by having good character. Your good personal character will help you achieve difficult goals and tasks. Positive social character allows you to be trusted and admired by others. Following the rules of your culture or religion results in being able to fit in and be accepted in the group.

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Mini-quiz to check your understanding

1. How does a positive attitude toward doing a job benefit you?

2. What is the benefit of being an honest business person?

3. What benefit is it for a person to be devout to his or her religion?

If you got all three correct, you are on your way to becoming a Champion in understanding Character. If you had problems, you had better look over the material again.

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