Becoming Your Best

Becoming Your Best

The 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders

1. Be true to character

Reflection: This means that you should never lie about who you are or how you are. You should always stick to what you like and never try to fit in or be forced to do something you don't like. It also means that you need to be true to who you are to many people including yourself. As in saying what you like and expressing yourself in ways that many others wouldn't. Such as doing things you like that are unique and to also show your likings too.

Quote: "One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I will put this into my daily life by expressing how and what I do to express my life. As in I won't be a liar of who I am or I want try to do what others do in order for them to like me.

2. Use your imagination
Reflection: To use your imagination it could lead to great things in your life and in the way you are. It could lead to better things that many others may not know. It could also lead to being friendlier with others and that could lead to great relationships in your life.

Quote: "If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it." - William Arthur Ward

I will apply this to my daily life by adding it to the way of how I am with others and the ones I love. It will also change the way I think in many ways. It can also change the way many other people think in their way.

3. Apply the power of knowledge

Reflection: If you have the power to apply knowledge to everything you do then it can change the way one thinks and the way others think. It can also change the way you act as well. As in you can have several ways of answering things or responding to stuff. It can also be meant to have you to think in many different ways rather than the only way you think.

Quote: "Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power." - Horace Mann

I will apply this to my everyday life by adding it to the way I think and also the way I am with other people. I will also add it to anything I write and how I do everything with other people and the way things with other tasks.

4. Never give up

Reflection: To never give up it means to never the option to have to pass something or to have the option to fail at something. You should never give up because if you do it could lead to bad things. Even maybe to worse things as if you never gave up. To give up is to have your final moment which no person should ever have.

Quote: "Do I believe in giving up? No, I don't." - David Boreanaz

I will apply this to my daily life by adding it to everything that I do. Also how I will act upon challenges and different things in order to never fail and to never give up on thins that I care about.

5. Find peace and balance

Reflection: To find peace it is to have an open mind and to have no hatred in the world for anyone. To have balance is to have everything in its place. It is to make everything safe and to have peace in the commotion. Also how you are towards everyone and how you are with your friends.

Quote: "Peace begins with a smile." - Mother Teresa

I will put this into my daily life by adding it to the ways of my friends and also to my family to add peace into my life and also the way I way I am with others.

6. Live the Golden Rule

Reflection: To live the golden rule you need to have set goals in order to have a rule. It is a rule which you follow in order to have the sense of guidelines and vision. You will need a golden rule because of the way you act towards your goals and the way you are towards other goals. It would set a good point-of-view for yourself and towards others.

Quote: "Try, try, try and keep on trying this rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything." - W. Clement Stone

I will put this into my daily life by applying it to the way my goals are in my notebook. Also to have a sense of guidelines in order to complete my goals so I can have a better life.

7. Build and maintain trust

Reflection: This means that you will always be truthful so people can trust you. In that order you will have good friends that you too can also trust. This can also lead to having the best of friends to do the fact that you always told the truth in order to keep the trust in your friends and in others. This can lead to having good conversation skills and also to having very good trusting skills in others and with your family too.

Quote: "The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him." - Henry L. Stimson

I will put this into my daily life by applying it into my friends and my family. I will also almost never lie in order to have a better understanding of the way my friends and my family are.

8. Quick to listen slow to wrath

Reflection: This means to have an open mind towards others and to never have the option to have criticize them in the beginning. This also means that you should have to criticize anyone because of the way they are or the way they think. Just as to never have to think of someone differently because of what they tell you or what they are thinking about.

Quote: "We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak." - Epictetus

I will put this into my daily life by adding it to everything that I say and do. Such as applying it the way I think of things and also the way I talk to other people in order to communicate with them and with others.

9. Lead with vision

Reflection: This means to have set a goal and know how to do that goal in order to complete it. It also means to have a sense of what's going in order to lead. It means to have a sense of reality as to what's going on with your goal or your plan. It also means that you need to know what to do if you are set to lead something even if it's something you don't know how to do it.

Quote: "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I will put this into my daily life by adding it to school and my goals. I will also put it into my everyday life in order to have a sense into what I am doing.

10. Manage with a plan

Reflection: What this means is that you should always have a plan and you should always be prepared in order to proceed with your goal or whatever you are doing. It would show how you are with planning and also the way you are with other people. It shows the way one person is and how that person is with the way they live and the way they are in life.

Quote: "Failing to plan is planning to fail." - Faith Hill

I would put this into my daily life by adding to the goals i have in my book and to other goals I have in life. I will put it into the way i live and also the way I am as a person so I can be a more prepared and life-ready person.

11. Do what matters the most

Reflection: This means that what you do should have the example that it is necessary in your life and it would benefit you. This also means to not choose something that would change your life forever or that would cause you to alter your life in anyway. It means to do what is right and to never regret it because it is something that you want to do and that you weren't forced too.

Quote: "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson

 

I will put this into my daily life by adding it to the way by how I think of things. I will also apply it to the way I think of my goals and if they are important or not.

12. Be accountable

Reflection: This means to always know what you are doing and to always take part of what you are doing. It also means to have sense in what you are doing and if you did it wrong than take blame for it and don't put the blame on somebody else. It could also mean to always have a plan as in something or someone to know what you are doing and to not have to lie in order to save yourself.

Quote: "A man is accountable to no person for his doings." - James Otis

I would put this into my daily life by adding it to my plans and the other goals I have in my life. I would also add it into the way I think of plans and the way I make plans and to always take charge of what I am doing and to never blame someone else.

The Ten Tips

Ten Tips to be more Truthful

By: Barbara A. Lewis

1. Make a commitment to tell the truth.

Reflection: This would mean to be the very best at something and to not give on what you're doing. To be very open of other choices. Also to never let anyone down. If one is committed then they will always have trust in them. Rather than a liar who no one can never trust. It also means to have faith in what you're doing in order to accomplish what you are doing.

Quote: "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." - Thomas Jefferson

I will apply this tip in my daily life by always telling the truth. It would keep out of trouble and also to have the trust of others.

2. Tell someone about your commitment.

Reflection: To be honest of what you're doing is to have trust with the other person. It would show that you're showing what you think and also how you think. It would show the person how you are and also the way you view things in order to understand them. It also shows how one person would faithful enough to show the way one person is thinking and also the way one responds to the other.

Quote: "When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects on the output." - A. R. Rahman

I would share in my daily life in order to have the trust of others and so others can like the way I am. It would show my honesty and also the way I act and think.

3. Think before you give a dishonest answer, explanation, sarcasm, or reason.

Reflection: This would mean how you need to be cautious to what you say or do. It would mean to have the same thoughts as the other person and to have manners and respect for the other person you are talking to. Also to never be rude to someone if you hate them or they hate you. It is better to have the person to be liking you than to have the other way around. Never bother someone so then they won't bother you.

Quote: "The mind is everything. What you think you become." - Buddha

I will put this in my daily life by thinking before saying. Also to never be rude or to be putting down someone in order to not have a negative idea or thought.

4. Be careful of when and how you use exaggeration, sarcasm, or irony.

Reflection: This how you should be careful of how one person is saying something to the other. How you should be very cautious of how and what you do in order to have the trust of others and how you also trust them. It also means to not always have the choice of irony but to have the choice of being truthful and to not the negativity of irony in your speech or the other person's speech.

Quote: "Neither irony or sarcasm is argument." - Samuel Butler

I will put this into my daily life by applying it to the words a choose and the way I speak to others and the others speak to me. i will also choose to be polite to my colleagues and friends in order to avoid the distrust of them. 

5. Be careful not to twist the truth or leave out part of it.

Reflection: This is how one will need to always be true in order for someone you know can trust you. It also means that the person you tell the truth has to know everything. How the person should know any real truth and to not have the decency of leaving some of the truth out. If you do, it would show that you are dishonest and doesn't like to tell the truth.

Quote: "Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either." - Albert Einstein

I will apply this to my daily life by adding to my friends and my family. Also to never leave out anything. It would show that I couldn't be trusted with facts or statistics.

6. Don't indulge in little white lies.

Reflection: This means how you shouldn't always lie because it could lead to bigger things. As in if you keep lying the person cannot trust you as much. Or also if you keep lying some other people can take the lie as something not meaningful or something not important.

Quote: "A lie told often enough becomes the truth." - Vladimir Lenin

Example of white lie: Telling your mother her food is great when in fact it was terrible.

I would add it to my daily life to not lie for anything. To always tell the truth in order to have trust in others and the way they treat me too. Also to always tell the truth in order to have a good reputation.

7. Watch out for silent lies.

Reflection: This means that you shouldn't agree with everything that someone says. It is a way to see if someone or something is lying to you or someone else. Also it is bad to do this because it can lead to distrust and also a bunch of miscommunication between the person or a thing.

Quote: "Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby." - George Herbert

I would put this into my daily life by applying it to my friends and to my family. I would always tell the truth in order to have the trusts in others and so they also begin to trust them.

8. When you catch yourself lying, throw your mouth into reverse.

Reflection: This that you should always be careful of what you say in order to not say something you won't regret. It  also means to have caution of what you intend to say. It would cause very much distrust and it could lead to someone not having the trust you have for the other person. Catching a lie can also lead to saving a friendship and also leading to great things. If you didn't catch the lie then it could lead to bad things such separation and desperation.

Quote: "I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart." - Shakira

I would put this into my daily life and in order to not say something I will regret. Such as always saying the truth and in order to that I will always be honest and never tell a lie.

9. Talk to yourself.

Reflection: This means that you should know who you are. To know how one is and how you act around others. It is to get to know yourself even more than what you do. It is also something that you should do often and be able to have the knowledge or what you are and what you know about yourself. It also means to understand how and what you do to yourself and others. To be able to see what and how you do something and how it can affect others in way too.

Quote: "One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody is listening." - Franklin P. Jones

I will put this into my life by applying it to myself. Also to have the option to have to talk to myself in order to have a better understanding of myself. In a way I will appreciate myself and others also.

10. Treat yourself when you tell the truth.

Reflection: To tell the truth is something to be very proud of or to be very courageous. It is courageous because it can very hard a person to say the truth in order to keep the friendship or to also not lose trust. So you should always have a positive response in order to have the will of telling the truth.

Quote: "Three things that cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." - Buddha

I will apply this to my daily life by always telling the truth and to always reward myself because I told the truth. I will also have the good feeling of telling the someone the truth when I could've lied.

Reflection

The ten tips helped me in many ways as in helping communicate with others and helping other people to trust me in order to get their friendship and honor. It can benefit me as in getting me to be a good person and to not lie and be a dishonest person. I am using tip 8 because I can say things that I either don't mean or I am not using proper terms. It makes a difference in my life by gaining the like of other people and also gaining their trust. I will incorporate other tips to my life planning goals such as tip 10 and to treat myself in order to find respect in my self and to gain the respect of others.