Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

TRUTHFULNESS IS 
THE KEY TO CHARACTER
The real essence of character, and the most recognizable expression
of honesty and integrity, is 
truthfulness
. If you are completely truth-
ful with yourself and others, you will almost always be viewed as a
person of high character.
In our society, men and women of character seem to attract op-
portunities. Doors are opened for them wherever they go. They are
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introduced to people who can help them. Money and other re-
sources are made available to them. This is why the most important
quality you can instill in your children is a sense of honesty and the
habit of truthfulness in everything they do or say.
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