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. 

The Seven Habits

The Seven Habits

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Habit 1: Be Proactive

Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind

Habit 3: Put First Things First

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood

Habit 6: Synergize

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Habit 1: Be Proactive

"Habit 1 is the key to unlocking all the other habits and that's why it comes first. It says, "Ia m the caption of my life. I can choose my attitude. I'm responsible for my own hapiness or unhapiness. I am the driver's seat of my destiny, not just a passenger."

Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind
"Control your own destiny or someone else will." (Jack Welch)

If you don't have control of yourself in life, you will never accomplish anything. If you have control of your life than you have accomplished many things because you have control. In life if someone doesn't control you eventually someone will. 

Habit 3: Put First Things First
"Organize and execute around priorities."

Putting first things first is to be organize in different areas. Such as being in order with your doings. and also to be on everything daily in order not to be irresponsible and slagging on your daily doings. Being organized helps you in being a very responsible persons and a person who cares. In order to be that kind of person you have to be very positive and caring about your do's and others.

Habit 4: Think Win-Win
"Think win-win or no deal."

To be in this state of mind you have to be in a perspective of point A to point B. It is to never be distracted and to always be in a positive mood about anything. Whether it being something that is for you or against you. To have this kind of mentality you need to be very loyal to what you want to accomplish in order to complete the task. If you give up than you never will complete anything because you will always be negative towards the situation.

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood
"Diagnose before you prescribe."

In order for one to be understood you need to be open minded and understand others. To be understood you need to be very understanding for the person you are talking too. You will also be needing to be very respectful in the other persons point of view. If you gain respect of the others you will then be able to be understood in many different ways.

Habit 6: Synergize
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts (1+1=3)"

The meaning of this quote is that it represents that the whole work that you do is greater than what you do as the answer. It also means that all the time you're trying it will not equal as much as the work you put into to get the answer.

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
Four Dimensions of Self-Renewal: Physical, Mental, Spiritual, Social/Emotional

To sharpen the saw it would mean to have reset the way you view things in different ways. How one should think or feel about a situation but it should be positive. To always renew your social terms and your physical terms too. Also how someone would rejuvinate ones self

Reflection: The 7 habits has helped in ways of learning how one speaks and communicates to each other. In ways of making new friends and also learing how one person is. Ways I can imply the 7 habits in my life is using it around people I know or people who I want to befriend.

Glenn Cunnningham - Have Heart

Glenn Cunnningham -  Have Heart

Summary: Glenn Cunningham was a man who always believed in himself and never gave up. He lost both his mother and brother but yet he never gave up. He sentenced to be crippled for life, but he commited to himself that he will be able to walk again and he will walk again. He then did walk and led to be an olympian and doctor

Reflection: Glen Cunningham's story says that just because you are being told what you are doesn't mean you can get out of it. Also how you can do what you want when you set your mind to it. To never give up and to always keep your head up high. I can relate to his story as in never giving up in something you want to do in life. Such as making a name for yourself or having for something you want to be in life.

9 Ways to be Happy and Make something of your Life

Way to Be

9 Ways to be Happy and Make something of your Life

Gordon B. Hinckley

1. Be Grateful

Reflection: To be grateful is to be accepting of others. Also to be gracious towards things. Can also be open minded and not be criticizing. Also can be to have gratitude every day.

Quote: "I'm looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past." - Mike Rowe

2. Be Smart

Reflection: To be smart is to have intelligence over things. To have a specific way of viewing things. To be smart is to be wise and having experience over things and about things.

Quote: "Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things." - Byron Dorgan

3. Be Involved in Good Works

Reflection: To be involved in good works is to be doing good things. To be involved in good deeds. To choose the right from wrong. Then to behave the right way rather than the wrong way. One example is when you have an interest in something and its a good deed rather than a bad deed.

Quote: "Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain

4. Be clean

Reflection: Being clean can be behaving in a certain way. Such as having a clean attitude or having a clean perspective of things. Another way of being clean is having your life in order. An example can be having a straight path to success. Not having a path that is cluttered with confusion. Another way to be clean can be to have a clean way of thinking. Such as being open minded towards things. Or also not being negative towards many things.

Quote: "What after all, is a halo? It's one more thing to keep clean."

I will try to keep an open mind towards things. Keep myself from criticizing things and people. Also to have a positive attitude towards things such as opinions or recommendations.

5.  Be true

Reflection: To be true is to be honest to yourself and others. To not be a liar towards others and yourself. To never commit a sin. To always have a positive attitude. Also to have an open mind on superstitions and opinions.

Quote: "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self." - Ernest Hemingway

I will try to stop lying to people. To think of others rather than myself. Then to be open minded towards opinions and suggestions.

6. Be Positive

Reflection: To be positive is to have an attitude that others appreciate. Also to be honest and truth to yourself. To think positive is to have an open mind. Also to accept ideas or others as for what they are. Or to be a positive person in general. Do good things or questions things in a positive way. To not be rude towards others and their thoughts. Also to be agile against the opinions of others towards you or opinions towards other things.

Quote: "Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will bring out the pain." - Joseph Campbell

I will be more positive than what I am. To be positive towards and myself. Also to have a better opinion towards things rather then being rude and saying something mean about it.

7. Be Humble

Reflection: To be humble is too be thankful or gracious to others. To be a positive person towards others. To help others if in need. Trying to be a nice person towards others. Going to charity events or recycle things that help the community. Or also to be generous towards others. Also to be polite and respectful towards others.

Quote: "The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble." - James M. Barrie

One way I can put this in to my daily life is to be humble towards a lot of things. Respect others and have appreciation towards things. To be respectful towards opinions and responses. Then to be more oving and caring than before.

8. Be Still

Quote: "Photograhpy takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding still." - Dorothea Lange

9. Be Prayerful
To be prayerful you need to be gracious about everything. To be thankful for the small things in return. To not be jealous or greedy over small or large things. Never to be rude or irresponsible with someone or something. Also to be a good person overall.

Quote: "Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening." - Mahatma Gandhi

Reflection: The 9 ways we have learned have been very helpful in my goals and everyday life. Such as getting a better understanding of people. Also being curtious over others and everyone else. To be thankful for the small things. To be never be evil or seditious towards anything or anyone. Way I will commit the 9 ways to my everday life is to include them in communicating with others or when I'm by myself. 

"Decisions Determine Destiny"

"Decisions Determine Destiny" 

- Thomas S. Monson

Reflection: The decisions you make in life are what lead you to what you are today. Your life depends on how you choose it to be. If you choose something bad then your destiny will be bad but if you choose something good then its vice versa. One example of decisions determining destiny is if you want to go with your friends but you know that it is not a good idea to do it. So then you have the decision to either choose the right or choose the wrong which is to stay behind or go with your friends. Now if you choose the right then your destiny will be good. but if you choose the wrong then you will face the consequences.

How does this quote relate to your 100+ Life Planning Goals?

This quote relates to my life planning goals by explaining how if you choose to do your goals you will achieve great things that you've always wanted to do.