Life points
Download as TXT, PDF0 likes208 views
This document contains a collection of advice and life lessons on various topics such as failure, criticism, relationships, personal growth, and more. Some of the key points include tackling challenges you want to avoid, moving outside your comfort zone, giving more than expected to others, focusing on lifting others up rather than putting them down, and allowing children to solve problems independently before intervening. The overall message is that life does not always go as planned and it is important to keep learning and improving oneself.
Life points
- 1. •It•s ok to fail. •The only thing that can stop you is you. •Ask your boss if you can do more. •Never point out errors without offering a solution. •Criticize the act, never the person. •Never condemn in public. • Tackle the challenges you don•t want to face first. •Discover the dreams of others. •Don•t avoid unpleasant topics. •Be quick to acknowledge your errors. •Laugh at yourself. •Move out of your comfort zone. •Give people more than they expect. •Don•t believe all you hear. •When you say •I•m sorry•, look the person in the eye. •Be engaged at least 6 months before you get married. •When someone asks you a question and you don•t want to answer, smile and ask •why do you want to know?• •Smile while picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice. •Read more books and watch less TV. •Never interrupt while you are being flattered. •Trust in God, but lock your car. •Spend your life lifting people up, not putting people down. •Don•t expect life to be fair. •Finish what you start. •Do it when you think of it. •Don•t write long letters. •Realise not everything needs to be done today. •Love is about holding your tongue. •Look for opportunities to make people feel important. •Be the first to say hello. •Don•t ask your single friends for marital advice. •Don•t take parental advice from one who has never had one. •A man is known by the book he reads. •Love means to love that which is unlovable. •Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. •When traveling give a copy of your itinerary to your family and trusted neighbours. •Be willing to listen without offering advice. •Everybody has an opinion. Realise early that you won•t meet everyone•s expectations. •Allow children to solve problems on their own before you intervene. •People do not grow old. When they cease to grow, then they become old. •People only see what they are to see. •A man is what he thinks about all day. •Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. •The wise learn many things from their enemies. •It is well for one to know more than he says. •The more you have, the more you have to worry about. •We all struggle- no one is as confident as he seems. •What a person sees in you is sometimes very different from what you think he•s seeing.