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The two kinds of virtues
There are two kinds of virtues:
- Résumé virtues. These are professional and geared toward worldly success.
- Eulogy virtues. These are ethical and spiritual. They are what you want people to talk about at your funeral. "He was kind and deeply spiritual," not "He made senior vice president and had a lot of frequent-flier miles."
We live a most fulfilling life, especially when we reach midlife, by pursuing virtues that are meaningful to us.
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