The ABC Guide of Life

A: Avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits
B: Believe in yourself
C: Consider things from every angle
D: Don't give up and don't give in
E: Enjoy life today, yesterday is gone, tomorrow may never come
F: Family and friends are hidden treasures; enjoy their riches
G: Give more than you planned to
H: Hang on to your dreams
I: Ignore those who try to discourage you
J: Just do it
K: Keep trying no matter how hard it seems, it will get easier
L: Love yourself first and most
M: Make it happen
N: Never lie, cheat or steal, always strike a fair deal
O: Open your eyes and see things as they really are
P: Practise makes perfect
Q: Quitter never win and winner never quit
R: Read, study and learn about everything important in your life
S: Stop procrastinating
T: Take control of your own destiny
U: Understand yourself in order to better understand others
V: Visualize it
W: Want it more than anything
X: Xcellerate your efforts
Y: You are unique of all God's creations, nothing ca replace YOU
Z: Zero in on your target and go for it

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Don't Let Others Manipulate ....

Advertising, politics, and cults survive only because people allow themselves to be manipulated. They employ simplistic reasoning dressed up in catchy phrases. They mislead converts with their half-baked ideas and simplifications. They lure people in by seeming to offer them a ready-made, problem-free lifestyle, one in which personal decision making is replaced with group think. How do you avoid being taken in?

Do not follow where a path may lead.
Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Put your future in good hands – your own.
- Anonymous

The answer is simple: Think for yourself and always, always try to look behind the scenes. When you have confidence in yourself, you’re not easily manipulated. You dare to challenge other people’s opinions and what they want you to do and often you find their true and hidden motives. However, it is important to recognize that this is not true all the time. But if someone emphasizes his opinion too much, it helps to be a bit suspiscious. Trust in yourself and you will begin a voyage of discovery. You’ll be amazed at the results.

Don’t be a bobblehead doll. Think for yourself!

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No, it's not my fault ... you!

Are you having a problem? Experiencing a setback? Is a personal crisis troubling you? All you have to do is figure out the “why” and then correct it and move on. But that’s a boring cliché; everyone knows it, right? If so, why are we still pointing the finger at someone else and almost never back at ourselves? Why do we still play the blame game, eager to send someone else on a guilt trip instead of looking into the mirror, accepting reality, and taking responsibility?

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that three of his fingers are pointing at himself.
- Louis Nizer

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
- John Burroughs

It would be so refreshing to hear someone say: “I made a mistake …” or “I screwed that up …” or “I was really wrong this time.” But sometimes it’s easier to see mistakes in others than to see them in us. But there is one reason why we should nevertheless try it. We cannot change others, but we can change ourselves. By admitting our mistake, we can learn not to repeat it, and that could make all the difference between failure and success. And that is pretty important, isn’t it?

Where are your fingers pointing right now?