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Mental habits:
- the habit of taking the time to do a job properly
- the habit of taking the time to find out how to do a job
properly
- the habit of taking the time to get a correct and proper
understanding of things
Q. What gives a person the above mental habits? Why do some
people have the habit of always doing things properly, always
doing them right?
A. The personality trait of conscientiousness; listening to
that voice within ourselves that tells us what we "ought to
do" --- and obeying it; an honest concern for doing things
right, doing them in the best possible manner; listening to
the voice of prudence within ourselves that tells us that
although taking the time to learn how to do things correctly
and then taking the time to do them correctly may take more
time in the short run it saves time in the long run.
Doing things properly and getting a correct and proper
understanding of things requires time, patience, persistence
and effort. The person who has the above mental habits is
willing to take the required time, put in the required
effort, and has the patience and persistence that is required
to do a thing right. The impatient type of person is not
willing to take the time. The lazy person is not willing to
put in the effort required. The conscientious person is,
almost by definition, both patient and persistent and hard
working.
The unconscientious person:
- lazy; doesn't want to put in the work required to do it
right
- careless, indifferent
- impatient, always in a hurry
- doesn't want to take the time to do a job properly
- doesn't want to take the time to find out how to do a job
properly
- doesn't want to take the time to acquire a correct and
proper understanding of things
- doesn't want to take the time to seek out the facts and
inquire into things before making judgments and decisions
- not seeking Truth, not seeking Understanding, not seeking
the best way of doing things
July 1992
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