VIR-III-0016
“My work ethic is something I'm genuinely proud of.”
Work ethic is a form of integrity, it means you deliver what you've implicitly promised through your presence and participation. Being proud of it is appropriate. Own it without embarrassment. And protect it: it's one of the most valuable things you carry.
Your Practice
Write down what your work ethic actually looks like in practice, what you do consistently that others don't. Then identify one area where you've been coasting. Apply the same standard there. Don't let pride in the habit become an excuse to protect the habit from scrutiny.
The Architects
“Virtuous action straightway so disposes a man that he no sooner admires the works of virtue than he strives to emulate those who wrought them.”
Plutarch, Life of Pericles 2, Bernadotte Perrin translation (Loeb Classical Library, 1916)