Tips to Help You Make This Your Best Year Ever - Part 3

 By Ruben Gonzales

1. Forgive others quickly. Being angry at someone else is like drinking poison.
2. Make your dream so exciting that it takes your breath away. Then, be willing to fight for your dream and future.
3. Every time you make an excuse, you give away control of your life. Stop making excuses.
4. Don't live life through others. Be the hero in your own life.
5. Watch less TV. Your TV is keeping you from your dreams. TV wastes hundreds of precious hours of people's time - time they could use to make a better life for themselves.
6. Establish a mission and a purpose for your life.
7. Burning desire creates the power to succeed. Develop a passionate desire for your purpose. How badly you want it to happen will determine if you do make it happen.
8. Never blame, whine or complain.
9. Talk positively to yourself. Never bad-mouth or criticize yourself.
10. Be a good finder. Look for good in everything that happens. Developing a positive mental attitude is a decision. A decision that helps you have a better life.
11. Put your dreams in concrete and your plans in sand.
12. Write down your goals every day before you turn on your computer. It takes less than two minutes and helps you start off the day in a more purposeful, focused manner. Doing this will make you more productive than 95% of people in the world.
13. Imitate the perseverance of the people you admire.
14. Read 15-30 minutes a day from a positive self-development book.
15. Become a part of a support group. Hang out with people who have goals and dreams similar to yours.
16. Know yourself. Know your strengths and weaknesses. That knowledge will help you understand why you act the way you do. Learn about the four personality types.
17. Help others reach their dreams.
18. See challenges as an opportunity to become stronger.
19. Do what you fear and the fear will disappear. Facing fear is called courage. Running from fear is called cowardice. Do you want to be known as a courageous person or as a coward? It's your choice.
20. If you want to win big you have to be willing to lose big.