Make opertunities
by preparing, taking initiative, trying something new and take risks. Opportunities need to be sought. You need to prepare for your opportunities by learning. As they say, it is better to be prepared and have no opportunities than have opportunities and not being prepared.
Plan ahead
to be aware of what is coming. You will not be able to predict everything, but 80% will do. Make plans for your family, your career, your entertainment and your future. Only then you will know where to go. Or as Zig Zigler said: If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time
Sick
Sometimes you become unexpectedly sick, well this happened to me, hopefully tomorrow I will be better.
Don’t apologize
Don't apologize for your failure nor for your success. If you failed at something, at least you tried it. Taking initiative is one of the best treats a person has. If needed you can always start over from zero, you should never stop improving yourself. If you are successful that is something you work hard for, so be proud of it. Just do the best you can do and enjoy while doing it. You only have one life and one shot for most in life, but don't forget to shoot.
Be curious
Curiosity killed the cat, but a cat has nine lives. If you are not curious about discovering new things you will stay in your rut. And that will not bring you in new territory. So be curious, and take care you are not killed like a cat...
Create precedents
What you did in the past will speak for you today. You should create precedents, precedent you can be proud of. The last couple of yours I created a lot of precedents in my work.I helped in project to build complex and sophisticated solutions from scratch for my clients. These precedents will help me to get further in my professional life. In my personal life I also try to create precedents, by making and keeping promises. The making and keeping of promises will create the precedents of my...
Embrace happiness
Happiness is in the small things. A nice piece of music played on the street by a very good street musician. A good book that inspires you. A ray of sun light. The smile of your spouse and children. A realisation that you are lucky to be a life and healthy. Embrace these small things, because they are happiness.
Produce quality
Quality speaks for you. Quality products will make you customers want to return and buy again. Quality will make you proud of what you make and what you stand for... So produce quality whenever, whatever you make.
Mentor someone
Everyone is an expert in some area. With your experience you can mentor someone. While mentoring you will have to express your experiences and knowledge in understandable language. While rephrasing your words you will get new insights and so you will also learn something new. Being a mentor is beneficial for both the mentor and the mentored.
Write letters
If you want to reach and touch someone you love, write a letter. The effort you will put in will get you a better letter. Hand written letter are so much more personal than e-mail. So take the time restore the old habit and write letters.
The challenge of leadership
"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude to be kind, but not weak to be bold, but not bully to be thoughtful, but not lazy to be humble, but not timid to be proud, but not arrogant to have humor, but without folly.” -- Jim Rohn
Don’t quit
What do most people when it gets hard? They complain about and then they quit. When it gets hard you should what most people don't do: Put in more effort and preserver, don't quit because it gets hard. You might be only a small step away from success. Maybe you only need one more number to unlock the lock.
Act now
I cannot act on Yesterday because it is gone. I cannot act on Tomorrow because that is still not here. I can only act to Today, I can only act now. So act now Because Today is the Tomorrow of Yesterday and the Yesterday of Tomorrow.
Carpe diem
Seize the day, as I will have only one change to enjoy the day. A day passed is a day passed and it will not come back to me. So it is better to enjoy in what you are doing because you will never know when is you last day. Sometimes the challenges I encounter are hard and troublesome. But I still enjoy the day because I know that I have learned something from the problems I fixed that day.
Slow down
Life has a fast pace, urgent matter come and go. Please slow down. Stand still and think about what you want. The earth is spinning fast and the technological advances go fast. A slower pace of living will do you good. Tomorrow the earth is still spinning at the same fast pace.
Do less
I try to do less of the bad stuff. I try to eat less bad stuff. I try to do less bad thinking. Less bad Stuff that will keep be back. I do less of the bad and the good. So I have more room to do my best to get the best.
Think Different
Find time
Find time to write a blog post. To do you exercises, to read a book and to spend time with the family. work on your goals and do something you like. Some of it will not need much time. The biggest savings in time you will find when you eliminate watching television and reading the newspaper.
Work hard
If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us. Work harder on yourself than you do on your job. Formal education will make you a living; Self-education will make you a fortune. -- Jim Rohn
Look up
If you don't know something, just look it up. In a dictionary, on the internet, Google, Wikipedia or even a simple phone book.