There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.

Brilliance draws attention and discretion decides outcomes. Knowing what to keep to yourself, whom to tell, when to act and when to wait is unglamorous and almost never admired, yet it is what keeps everything else from going wrong. The shining qualities are what people notice, and this is the one that determines whether they amount to anything. It is a working virtue rather than a decorative one.

Before you share something interesting this week, ask what purpose the sharing serves. Practise holding one piece of information you would normally pass along, and see what it saves.