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by altxwally 5884 days ago
"The amount of trust you build is directly correlated with the difficulty of your situation when you do the right thing by someone. Your short term loss will translate into incredible future opportunities when you’re surrounded by people who know you’ll do the right thing no matter the situation."

I think this is a very good advice in general. Doing the right thing can be difficult given the constraints that we usually have, but it is definitely worth it. It will sound silly but I truly believe that one way of doing the right thing is to think whether doing it will change the world or not. Once I have that idea on my head, doing the right thing gets easier I think, no matter the context...