Motivation
Are There Any Short Cuts To Success?by Jeff Blackman
Nope. None that I know of. However, you can be on the fast-track to results, if you first, embrace some powerful principles or core values.
This is the kinda stuff that I often think about. For I am a firm believer, the right beliefs and values are the greatest influencers of success and achievement.
While what you do is crucial. That is merely a reflection of who you are.
And perhaps, the best summation of these principles, I found unexpectedly.
Last Wednesday night, Sheryl and I attended Amanda, (our youngest child’s), first-grade curriculum night. On Amanda’s desk, was a simple sheet, titled: Lifeskills by Susan Kovalik & Associates. It said:
Integrity: To act according to what is right and wrong.
Initiative: To do something because it needs to be done.
Flexibility: The ability to alter plans when necessary.
Perseverance: To keep at it.
Organization: To work in an orderly way.
Sense of humor: To laugh and be playful without hurting others.
Effort: To do your best.
Common sense: To think it through.
Problem-solving: To seek solutions.
Responsibility: To do what is right.
Patience: To wait calmly.
Friendship: To make and keep a friend through mutual trust and caring.
Curiosity: To investigate and seek understanding.
Cooperation: To work together toward a common goal or purpose.
Caring: To show / feel concern.
Courage: To act according to one’s beliefs.
Kinda funny, ain’t it, the lessons you can learn, when you sit at the desk of a six-year-old.
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