Good people do good things. Virtuous people do good things in dangerous times.

1. Require constant proof from yourself in action, not in words, to live your standards. Virtue is in the act.
2. Live a clear and chosen set of standards, not when it’s convenient, but when it’s hard because it’s hard. Virtue is in the struggle.
3. Put a self-awareness spotlight on your struggle to live in true alignment with your standards. Virtue is in the honesty.
4. Expose yourself to difficulty, discomfort, and criticism that sharpens and strengthens the exercise of your standards. Virtue is in the test.

Embrace the chase. Do the work.