Beware When Your Competence Outpaces Your Character
"A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold" (Proverbs 22:1).
What happens in our lives when our success or notoriety moves beyond our character?
Most often, a fall from grace. Destructive downfall. Monumental backslide.
The inevitable devastation begins when you start to believe your own press clippings. When those around you feed your ego. Tell you how wonderful you are. How very important.
And then you begin to use your good name as a disguise, covering questionable decisions fueled by immoral and ambitious motives. And so, the fall from…
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