Success
is the intentional, pre-meditated use of choice and decision. Unless you choose–with
certainty–what it is you want, you accept table scraps by default! The quality
of your future years is largely determined by the quality of the choices you make
when you are young.
2.
Respect Reality – Face the Facts
True
and accurate information is essential to success. Reality is the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth. Deny reality, and you will soon discover that
life is a game of truth or consequences. Tell the truth and demand the truth from
others, otherwise you’re toast.
3.
Take Responsibility – Make No Excuses
Excuses
are convenient, temporary scapegoats. Sometime, somewhere and somehow they will
come back and make things very uncomfortable. Dreams die under a burden of excuses;
they are a character deficiency, which destroys your potential. Make a no excuses
policy and stick to it!
4.
Character Counts!
Everything
you say, and do complements or compromises your character. Always do the right
thing, because having character is much more important than being a character.
When all is said and done, all a person has is their character and integrity nothing
else really matters.
5.
Make
Everything Count
Every
thought, decision, and action moves you closer to or further from your goals.
Look at it this way, if you spend an hour exercising you have just moved north
towards a healthier life, if after, you have a greasy cheeseburger and fries you
have now gone south – got it?
6.
Practice Self-Discipline
If
you don’t discipline yourself, you are sure to be disciplined by others.
Every act of self-discipline moves you toward your goals, and every exception
takes you off course. Don’t believe me, huh? Chew on this, run up your credit
cards real high, be late on a few payments and see how quickly those companies
are to teach you a thing or two about discipline.
7.
Continue
Your Education
There
will never be a day that will not require dedication, discipline, good judgment,
and energy. Life is an ongoing journey, with lots of beginnings and continuations.
We get better when we do better and we do better when we know better. Education
is the ONLY answer!
8.
Commit to Excellence
A
commitment to excellence can help you capture true wealth and realize the inherent
value of your potential. A lack of commitment devalues potential, credibility,
and reputation. Mediocrity is a choice—not always made consciously—but
still a choice. Choose excellence!
9.
Learn From Failure
Sorry
kid, but your not going to win them all. Failure serves an indispensable function
in the production of your success. It provides information for you to learn from
and apply. So don’t cry and suck your thumb when you lose, get back in the
game better prepared to win.
10.
Have Fun
Life
is short, so enjoy it while you can. You are accountable for all you do as well
as for the permitted pleasures that you fail to enjoy during your lifetime. Count
the day, week, and life lost if you have not laughed or if you have not played
because fun is essential to the good life!
