Ramón de Vries | Dutch Open Source Solutions Consultant

Give credit to whom it belongs. You cannot achieve anything without the help of others. So when you give people credit, you will get more help in the future. When you give credit you are more humble, and people like humble people.

You could lie to anyone. Try to hustle and bustle your way through life. But you have to be honest to yourself. You can fool anyone but yourself. If you’re a fake, you yourself will know it anyway.

It is better to be honest. You don’t have to keep track of all your small and big lies, that makes life just so easy.

Be approachable for every one. From the cleaning lady up to the president of the country. One of the best ways to be approachable is not to be prejudge about anyone or anything. Have an open mind and don’t condemn anything.

If you are not approachable you might miss the opportunity of a lifetime.

The quality of good judgement on when to be discrete or not will save you a lot of trouble. You should not tell everything to everyone. Just be discrete in what you do and say.

If and when you do wrong own up. Confess and acknowledge your mistakes. This will free you from guilt and worry.

Call someone you love, you admire or you know but didn’t speak to for some time. It will do the other person good that you show interest in how they are doing. If you need advice you call also call someone, they will appreciate your trust in their wisdom.

The first habit of a highly effective person. By being proactive you start any change in your live. Being proactive means thinking and acting with the future in mind. It’s a great way for avoiding mistakes down the road. Planning well for the future and for instituting systems at work, in study, and at home that make life easier. Not just for you, but for everyone.

A deep breath will give oxygen in your body which will enable you to do incredible things. When I want to do something that excites me or make me nervous, like speaking in public or bungee jump I take a deep breath. The energy just comes in and everything is possible.

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Make promises to your loved ones, your friend and your colleagues. And work hard to fulfil those promises. You should only make promises you know you can keep. So keep those promises. And the more promises you make and keep, the better you get at it. And then you can make promises that are harder to keep. Practise makes perfect kept promises…

Time is the most precious you have. You can not store it, you can not create it and when you spent it, it is gone. So when you volunteer time, you are giving something precious. Volunteering time can be as simple as helping a friend of family member with moving, painting or babysitting. Or you can volunteer for a high ethical motivation as helping the poor.

Because a positive attitude will get further, a positive attitude will energize you and a positive attitude makes your dreams come true.

Negative thinking will paralyse all your actions, and actions are needed to accomplice your goals and dreams.

When you are working, call home to see if everything is OK, and tell them you love them.
When you travel, call home to tell you will return safely.

We moved recently and that forced use to rearrange a lot more than furniture. But if you did not move it is still good to rearrange furniture. Get some new set-up, stimulate some change in your life. Change is good, the “status quo” is bad. Change will set you in motion for progress. Without progress you will stand still and standing still is degradation which will become decay.

Laughter is one of the best way to heal bad experiences and bad health. By sharing laughter you make the world a better world.