Pommymike's list
 
• A little bit of flirting is good for you
 
• Accept that it's “just their nature"  
• Accept with the same grace that you give with  
• Aim for further than you wish to go
 
• Always thank people
 
• Always trust your instincts
 
• Answer the question if you know what is being asked
 
• Appreciate what you have rather than worry about what you don't have
 
• Ask yourself what the reasoning is behind what you are doing  
• Be honest
 
• Be open to criticism
 
• Be spontaneous every now and then
 
• Don’t accept your weaknesses – address them  
• Don’t dwell too long on failure, lest that failure continues to affect what you do
 
• Don’t let annoyances fester – understand and address them instead
 
• Don’t react whilst emotional
 
• Don't believe all that you hear
 
• Don't expect more from others than you give of yourself
 
• Don't fear making yourself vulnerable
 
• Don't manipulate through words or actions
 
• Don't mock the dreams of others
 
• Don't put others down to further yourself
 
• Don’t stay in attitudes or places that aren’t positive  
• Encourage people
 
• Even if you don’t get your own way, be gracious
 
• Everyone is worth meeting at least once
 
• 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
 
• If somebody chooses who to be nice to, then they are not nice
 
• If somebody doesn't like you, it may be their issue
 
• If you are doing things to impress others, then you are doing them for the wrong reason
 
• If you don’t like somebody, you don’t have to mention it
 
• If you don't know where you are going, at least enjoy the journey until you find out
 
• If you find something annoying in somebody, look at yourself for the same characteristics
 
• If you have a task that you don't like, then get it out of the way
 
• If you lose your temper, then you also lose your focus
 
• Intolerance comes from arrogance
 
• Invite experience and embrace adventure
 
• It doesn't matter if you fail, as long as you tried
 
• Judge on merits - not against your own laws
 
• Just because you expect something, doesn't mean that it should happen
 
• Just because you want something, doesn't mean that you deserve it
 
• Justice is not your responsibility
 
• Keep confidences
 
• Keep your head up
 
• Know where fact ends and fiction begins
 
• Life always starts from now  
• Look at what you are being criticised for before putting too much value into it
 
• Look into people's eyes
 
• Many things are none of your business - recognise them  
• Motive is more important than the outcome
 
• Move forwards and put your attention into good things and places  
• Patience, patience, patience
 
• Pay attention to your surroundings
 
• Pretending to be something doesn’t make it so
 
• Remember names
 
• Respect yourself and others
 
• Revenge doesn't address the issue
 
• Saving something for a special occasion limits the potential of now  
• Say what you mean
 
• Share your enthusiasm
 
• Show what you are feeling
 
• Smile and enjoy the reaction that it returns
 
• Stay 5 minutes longer than you want to
 
• Take time to determine whose issue it is
 
• The world moves at it’s own pace, so don’t get frustrated because it’s pace is different to yours
 
• There are many injustices in the world - minimise their impact
 
• We decide whether something is good or bad. Make it good  
• What is happening to you is only happening to you
 
• 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
 
• You can listen without giving an opinion, answer or resolution
 
• You can’t fight every battle, so choose them wisely
 
• You can't always control what happens to you, but you can control how you react to it
 
• You don’t have answers – you have opinions based upon what you know up to this time
 
• You have no idea what somebody else is going through
 
• Your value to others is their calculation  
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last updated on Sunday 10th December, 2006