What do I want to be known for? What I do, or how I do it?
Put another way, will I do anything to achieve what I want? Or, will I act in accordance with a set of standards no matter what?
Put another way, what am I uncompromising about, results or integrity?
Put another way, what do I want my sons to learn from, what I accomplish or how I act?
Put another way, what’s my deathbed prize, knowing I was successful or knowing I was consistently a good person?
What we do and how we do it aren’t always in tension. But it happens often enough. And when they are in tension, the choice defines me, defines us.
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