Chapter 7: Your Staircase to Respect

OVERVIEW

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece ”by thought, choice, courage and determination.

”John Luther

What does it mean to respect others? We talk about it all the time as if it were truly something laudable. However, viewing the nightly news each evening might lead us to the defensible conclusion that there is an epidemic of disrespect for others going on in our world today. But make no mistake about it, respect for others is the foundation for an individual's ability to function in an ethical way ”whether we're talking about respect for people or the environment for that matter.