If we want to rarely get into unnecessary serious trouble in life, it is wise to make it a point to live with ethics. Ethics means behaving a certain way regardless of the presence of people or not. There are some actions we will not do in presence of people and living with ethics means that even if we are all alone we would not do those same things. I reckon that our biggest challenge is refraining from doing those things when there is no one. That is where we get to build our character.
Additionally taking decisive action counts as ethics. For example I have scheduled to go jogging in the morning but could not get myself to get out of bed. Since no one noticed that I should have gone to run, I don't have to explain my situation and can rather justify to myself (cognitive dissonance) using excuses.
That is where self accountability plays a significant part. We have to have the courage to face ourselves right into the eyes and tell the truth. Otherwise we will encourage self delusion and the consequences will be terrible.
The lesson is think twice before doing an action and ask ourselves if people would know what we did, will we do it? There is no shame in telling the truth only success.
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