One’s Character & One’s Environment

“People like to think they have a “character,” and that this character of theirs will endure, no matter the situation. It’s not really so. People are vulnerable to the incentives of their environment, and often the best a person can do, if he wants to behave in a certain manner, is to choose carefully the environment that will go to work on his character.” — Michael Lewis

(Occupational Hazards of Working on Wall Street [2014-09-24], written by Michael Lewis, posted on BloombergView.com)