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| • A little bit of flirting is good for you |
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| • Accept that it's “just their nature" | |||
| • Accept with the same grace that you give with | |||
| • Aim for further than you wish to go |
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| • Always thank people |
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| • Always trust your instincts |
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| • Answer the question if you know what is being asked |
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| • Appreciate what you have rather than worry about what you don't have |
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| • Ask yourself what the reasoning is behind what you are doing | |||
| • Be honest |
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| • Be open to criticism |
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| • Be spontaneous every now and then |
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| • Don’t accept your weaknesses – address them | |||
| • Don’t dwell too long on failure, lest that failure continues to affect what you do |
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| • Don’t let annoyances fester – understand and address them instead |
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| • Don’t react whilst emotional |
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| • Don't believe all that you hear |
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| • Don't expect more from others than you give of yourself |
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| • Don't fear making yourself vulnerable |
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| • Don't manipulate through words or actions |
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| • Don't mock the dreams of others |
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| • Don't put others down to further yourself |
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| • Don’t stay in attitudes or places that aren’t positive | |||
| • Encourage people |
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| • Even if you don’t get your own way, be gracious |
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| • Everyone is worth meeting at least once |
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| • If people don’t appreciate you or what you do, then walk away from them | |||
| • If people don’t respect you, it may be because you have done nothing to earn their respect |
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| • If somebody chooses who to be nice to, then they are not nice |
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| • If somebody doesn't like you, it may be their issue |
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| • If you are doing things to impress others, then you are doing them for the wrong reason |
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| • If you don’t like somebody, you don’t have to mention it |
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| • If you don't know where you are going, at least enjoy the journey until you find out |
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| • If you find something annoying in somebody, look at yourself for the same characteristics |
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| • If you have a task that you don't like, then get it out of the way |
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| • If you lose your temper, then you also lose your focus |
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| • Intolerance comes from arrogance |
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| • Invite experience and embrace adventure |
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| • It doesn't matter if you fail, as long as you tried |
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| • Judge on merits - not against your own laws |
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| • Just because you expect something, doesn't mean that it should happen |
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| • Just because you want something, doesn't mean that you deserve it |
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| • Justice is not your responsibility |
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| • Keep confidences |
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| • Keep your head up |
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| • Know where fact ends and fiction begins |
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| • Life always starts from now | |||
| • Look at what you are being criticised for before putting too much value into it |
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| • Look into people's eyes |
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| • Many things are none of your business - recognise them | |||
| • Motive is more important than the outcome |
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| • Move forwards and put your attention into good things and places | |||
| • Patience, patience, patience |
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| • Pay attention to your surroundings |
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| • Pretending to be something doesn’t make it so |
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| • Remember names |
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| • Respect yourself and others |
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| • Revenge doesn't address the issue |
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| • Saving something for a special occasion limits the potential of now | |||
| • Say what you mean |
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| • Share your enthusiasm |
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| • Show what you are feeling |
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| • Smile and enjoy the reaction that it returns |
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| • Stay 5 minutes longer than you want to |
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| • Take time to determine whose issue it is |
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| • The world moves at it’s own pace, so don’t get frustrated because it’s pace is different to yours |
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| • There are many injustices in the world - minimise their impact |
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| • We decide whether something is good or bad. Make it good | |||
| • What is happening to you is only happening to you |
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| • You are only number one on your own list of priorities | |||
| • You aren't reacting to others - you are reacting to how others react to you |
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| • You can listen without giving an opinion, answer or resolution |
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| • You can’t fight every battle, so choose them wisely |
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| • You can't always control what happens to you, but you can control how you react to it |
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| • You don’t have answers – you have opinions based upon what you know up to this time |
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| • You have no idea what somebody else is going through |
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| • Your value to others is their calculation | |||
last updated on Sunday 10th December, 2006 |
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