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“If you have much, give your wealth; if you have little, give your heart.” ~ Anonymous

There have been so many movements about “Paying It Forward”, and this is a good habit to make as you seek growth. When you give somebody a referral, or do a kind deed, or act out of the goodness of your heart, you are setting in motion a pattern that evolves into a beautiful pattern. Make a habit to pay good deeds forward. If someone does something nice for you, do something nice for
somebody else, especially if it’s a stranger. Paying good deeds will have multiple benefits for your health, your self-esteem, your personal life, and your professional life. As Albert Einstein said, “A life lived for others, is the only life worth living.” 

Together we can change the world, one good deed at a time.

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Keeping promises isn’t always easy. In fact, I recently read that as soon as somebody says, “I promise”, that is the beginning of a lie. Do you believe that? I know that when I make a promise, I keep it. But I’ve also learned that there are times when a promise is going to be broken, but I find that I make less promises that I’m unable to keep, because I limit that commitment.

There is a beautiful quote from the book, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, “Sometimes people don’t understand the promises they’re making when they make them. But you keep the promise anyway. That’s what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.” 

When you make a promise, make a habit of keeping that promise. And only make promises that you can keep!

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“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”–Chinese Proverb

Have you ever had a crisis of conscience? Do you always “do the right thing”? A person’s moral sense of right or wrong, their “moral compass” is what will drive your decisions, actions, behaviors and attitudes. It can be different with everyone, depending on beliefs, culture, upbringing and status. So, when you hear the term,
“Listen to your Conscience”, your conscience is your heart, your soul, your inner world. When you are out today, listen to what that inner voice is telling you.
Listen to that gut check. Make a habit to listen to your conscience, and make the right decisions.

And remember what Leo Tolstoy said, “Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.” 

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“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”–Lyndon Johnson.

Did you know that 90% of people say they have a major regret about something in their lives? Regret is the second most frequently mentioned emotion after love.
According to the website “happify.com”, romance, family, education, career, and finances are top on the list of regrets, with relationships being the largest because of our inherent need to belong.

Don’t let regrets keep you from living life to the fullest. Live without the regrets, and make a habit of it. Don’t let guilt over an indulgence cause you to miss out on something truly great! Stop thinking about what could have been, and start making new habits of what can be!

Choose to make a new ending.

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If you made a habit to “save for a rainy day”, would that stir up thoughts of setting money aside in case you ever need it? What if we “saved” good thoughts for those times that we are feeling sad and blue? How about saving up happy memories, or compliments, or even ideas!

“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.”–William Arthur Ward.

I’m a big believer in the science of positive psychology. Of course you can make a habit of saving money for a rainy day; that would be a great habit to create. While you’re at it, save up a good thought, comment, compliment or memory too! They help to pull you out of that occasional slump.

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”–Norman Vincent Peale

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There is so much talk about what makes a good leader. According to Peter Drucker, “Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not ‘making friends and influencing people’ — that is flattery.
Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal
limitations.”

Make a habit to look for the good in people. Lift them up. Raise them to a higher standard. That’s what will make you a leader in anything that you do. When you make an effort to find the good in people, it will also make you feel good about yourself, and that’s a habit worth working on. Be a leader by bringing out the good in people.

Scottish Novelist, John Buchan wrote, “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.”

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“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.”–Charles R. Swindoll.

If making a “difference” is important to you, you need to start acting upon it today. No more just talking about it. Take the step to join an organization, volunteer to spend time with the elderly, or make a financial contribution to a cause you believe it. Visit somebody in the hospital, or send someone who needs encouragement a kind note. It doesn’t take much to make a difference, but making a difference means a lot when you actually do it, rather than talk about making a difference. Don’t be that person who says, “one day I want to make a difference”, start acting on it now. And if you don’t know what you can do, all you
have to do is look around. There are plenty of people in need.

As Milton Berle said, “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”

Make a habit of making a difference in the world. However you do it, it’ll be perfect.

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Going through the phases and stages of life will be very eye opening. We need to understand that forgiveness for mistakes that others make, as well as forgiving ourselves is how we are going to survive this crazy life we all live. George Washington Carver said, “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.”

Isn’t that the truth? The person that you become will really depend on how you are with others along the way. Make a new habit to forgive, forget, and be tender, compassionate, sympathetic, tolerant and mindful, because one day, you’re going to need somebody to do the same for you.

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Do you remember learning about the “Golden Rule” when you were in grade school, “Treat others the way that you want to be treated?”

That “golden rule” still applies to you, even as you grow older and wiser. The way that we treat people is a direct reflection of how we feel about ourselves. When you treat somebody poorly, it says more about how you feel about yourself than it does about that individual. I know that when somebody treats me badly, I understand that they are projecting onto me an experience that they have had, or that is how they feel about themselves. You are what you do. So, control your road rage, get a handle on how you speak to your server or barista, or colleague, or spouse or child. Make treating others the way you want to be treated a new habit.

Aristotle said, “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”

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In the blink of an eye, your life can change. Your goals, dreams, and priorities are forced to take a different turn. You are grateful for the little things, and worry less about the big things. You leave behind the history of yesterday, and determine how you will use today’s energy. Are you heading for a BIG change? Creating new habits will help you grow, and for the next 30 days, we’ll be seeking growth by
focusing on new habits! Be ready to learn to treat others the way you want to be treated, make a difference, forgive and forget, live without regrets, find balance, be a good role model, learn from mistakes and challenge yourself. And these, are just a handful of what’s in store for you over the next 30 days. Get out your Apple
Crate and prepare to fill it up with all the wisdom, success and personal growth morsels you can!

And write this down: “Dear Past, thank you for all of the experiences and lessons. Dear future, I am ready!”

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