填空题 You can begin to build character at any age. The key is learning how to look within—to work inside out. With the inside-out approach, private victories precede public victories. These private victories are simply promises you make to yourself and others and then keep. They don"t have to be profound or life altering, like a career change. They can be as mundane as a commitment to exercise every day. A promise like this may sound inconsequential, but it represents the hard choices we face in everyday life. The first step toward building character is to tackle a hard choice, commit to change and stay with it.