Integrity

Integrity, in the books filed here, is consistency in small and large commitments. In The Road, a boy holds his father to a promise about sharing: “If you break little promises you’ll break big ones.” In Profiles in Courage, it appears as the line between compromising on issues and compromising on principles: “We can compromise our political positions, but not ourselves.” Kyle’s saved Charlie Munger career rules (don’t sell what you wouldn’t buy, don’t work for people you don’t respect) are tagged with it too, as is Career Capital.

Where this appears

• Profiles in Courage
• The Road