If I'd Known Then What I Know Now

got this bit of self-help gem from J. R. Parrish's book:

Your future will depend on your answers to these questions:

- Will you listen to those who have been where you're going?

- Will you study/work hard and truly do your best?

- Will you date the right people and for the right reasons?

- Will you keep a good and positive attitude?

- Will you form good habits?

- Will you control your thinking?

According to Parrish, there are three keys to success and contentment in life. They are:

1. Knowing that the greatest need of everyone after food, clothing and shelter is the need to feel important. Eighty percent of failure is inability to deal effectively with people, not inability to do the job. If you make other people feel important, success will follow.

2. Accepting the "Better World Theory," which says if you want a better life for yourself, it's up to you to make it happen. By acknowledging this fact, you stop blaming others and realize that you are where you are in life because of your own choices. Your motto should become "If it's to be, it's up to me." When you eliminate blame from your life, you also eliminate anger, because all anger distills down to blame.

3. Realizing your success or failure is determined largely by your habits. Bad habits invite failure, but good habits unlock the door to success and happiness.

i've only flipped through it briefly but i think it's hard to disagree with stuff like that.. pretty good book i think.. you can borrow it from the Library@Orchard once my sis and I return it..