Author of the leadership and team-building book: "WORK WITH ME NOT FOR ME," and the twice weekly newsletter: “LarryonLearning's Morning Minutes.” I coach business owners and managers in how to profitably run their businesses by managing the 4 Ps: People, Processes, Products/Services, and Promotions. Using real life scenarios and step-by-step action plans, students gain the skills necessary to build strong teams and businesses. 864-630-2625
How BAD Company Corrupts GOOD Character! Morning Minute 12.9.25
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Reader: Why choosing the right relationships protects your habits, your character, and your destiny! Morning Minute – 12.9.25 “How Bad Company Corrupts Good Character!” Previously, in a Moring Minute entitled “Your Habits Create Your Destiny,” we discussed the steps for creating good character: Positive actions create good habits. Good habits create discipline. Discipline creates good character. But what happens when a person with good character keeps bad company? Just as there is a process for developing strong character, there is also a process for corrupting it. Because we are known by the company we keep, the people around us will either strengthen our character or slowly erode it. The downward path often begins by adopting the negative language of losers. This language tears down what is good while promoting what is easy, convenient, or pleasurable. Good character becomes something to mock, while bad language becomes acceptable… even normal. Bad language leads to bad ideas; ideas that are incompatible with strong character. What we speak about shapes what we think about. And soon, thoughts of pleasure and convenience replace thoughts of discipline and responsibility. Before long, the discipline that once built good character is traded for unhealthy actions that promise pleasure, popularity, or acceptance. And those repeated negative actions complete the acceptable… even normal.. Simply stated: the company you keep will determine the direction of your life. FINAL THOUGHT: Parents are not only the first and best teachers of their children; they are their most influential examples. When you display and teach how good character enriches your life, your children gain a clear template for living well. Scripture makes this truth unmistakably clear in 1 Corinthians 15:33: That is today’s Morning Minute. *** Special message: We have had very good response to our recent poll. Of you want to participate, do so below:
Here are some recent Morning Minutes you may have missed with actionable ideas, useful instruction, and step-by-step methods to help you, your family, and/or your team to be more, do more, and achieve more. "Life's a Journey...Not a Guilt-Trip!" Don't allow past mistakes, bad choices, or events to destroy the rest of your life! Life sometimes is negatively affected by bad choices or unexpected events. Learn how to overcome those set-backs. Discover 4 actionable steps to lesson the pain or loss you experience when these setbacks occur. "What Will YOU Do Next?" See how that learning from setbacks, mistakes, and disappointments can create a life well-lived. Discover a short story that describes how the author was challenged at an early age with a substantial setback. Learn how that what YOU DO NEXT will determine if you will build better habits, stronger character, and/or real personal discipline! "Building & Nurturing Strong Relationships!" How much is a relationship really worth? See why creating and maintaining great relationships is absolutely worth the effort? Discover 6 identifiable traits and actions that are present in great relationships. Learn how that the "Golden Rule" impacts the success of relationships with family, friends, associates, and customers. "Master Your Emotions for a Successful Life!" By controlling your emotions you create resilience and set yourself on a course toward a more purposeful life. Discover the 6 emotions of anger, fear, joy, envy, hate, and love. Learn specifically how to react to these emotions and use them to improve your relationships, your life, and your success. See how that managing your emotions stets you up for a successful life. "LEADERS: Be Someone Worth Following!" Your actions, and your character, speak much louder than your words. From my book WORK WITH ME NOT FOR ME learn the 6 leadership roles required of the most successful leaders. Discover 4 examples from my life that share how leaders, both good and not-so-good, have taught me how to be a leader worth following! "FREEDOM: Your Power & Your Responsibility!" Today's Morning Minutes explains how that freedom and the choices we make, require personal responsibility. Learn the story of Sam, who immigrated to the USA in the early 1900s. Discover his simple but profound truth concerning the power to choose and the responsibility for our decisions. Learn how that both power and truthfulness go hand-in-hand. And, how that our future is in our hands! *** During this busy season, remember to spend quality time with those who are special to you! May God bless you, your family, and your team! Larry A. Bonorato lab@larryonlearning.com 864-630-2625 *** (published by Bonorato Creative Group, LLC; all rights reserved) |
Larry A. Bonorato
Author of the leadership and team-building book: "WORK WITH ME NOT FOR ME," and the twice weekly newsletter: “LarryonLearning's Morning Minutes.” I coach business owners and managers in how to profitably run their businesses by managing the 4 Ps: People, Processes, Products/Services, and Promotions. Using real life scenarios and step-by-step action plans, students gain the skills necessary to build strong teams and businesses. 864-630-2625
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