Ultimately, it starts at home. Your principles you develop on a personal level affect every facet of your life. I’ve come across people that say they keep God/church/religion separate from their business and business dealings. Their relationships with God/church/religion take a backseat to anything they do in business. Key principles such as “do not steal” or “treat others like you want to be treated” become relative (instead of being an absolute) to their ambitions, plans and goals.

Short-term thinking and immediate gratification has also been highly noticeable to me, lately. Long-term planning seems to be absent with a lot of people I’ve encountered recently. I mean, I’m guilty of it at times as well, but I’m trying very hard to look at the bigger, overall picture of what my actions and words will bring about in regards to the well-being of my kids, my wife and others around me.

It takes constant effort, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s worth the extra work and thinking.

Kudos to FAC for working towards the goals you’ve set, but more importantly for motivation behind it.