Principles to Live By
Understanding the underlying principles of life is critical to living your best life.
“On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
― Thomas Jefferson
Here is what I would love to have happen, I want you to be willing to participate and go ahead and try the principle that we share in each post. Come on, see what it's like.
For those of you just joining in, over the next few months, I will be diving in to MY TOP TEN leadership books. (Download List)
This is in order to show the reasons that reading is so important to your future
The first book that I will be discussing is by Dale Carnegie...How to Win Friends and Influence People. If you have not read the previous article...get up to speed HERE.
You can share this with others and have them join in on these 30 principles. We are going to discuss the first five. And maybe we can start a little bit of a movement where there are more people making friends and less enemies going on.
If you like that idea, I think we can join in, together, making this world a better place with the principles from this book.
- So the first principle is this. Don't criticize, condemn or complain. So we're going to do one of these each week. So for at least the next 24 hours, no criticizing, no condemning and no complaining.
- So if you're in for that, put your hand on your heart and say, "I'm in. I'm really in. I'm not going to criticize condemn or complain for the next, at least the next 24 hours." (Out Loud)
“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
― Dwight D. Eisenhower
If the quality of our lives is shaped by the choices we make, and those we don’t make, then the secret of making wise choices is to live by core principles.
A reasonable life can be achieved by anyone. An OK life, an OK job… OK relationships… anyone can have these.
If you want a great life, you must commit to leading a great life. To doing things the majority do not do. Commit to thinking like the minority, not like the majority. Take this to heart my friend...
If you have not read Dale Carnegie's book - get it, embrace his words and learn how to cling to these principles in order to become the leader that you (and I) both know that you can be!
So that's today's principle. There are 29 others that are in that book. I'll be sharing one each week for the next 5 weeks. I look forward to reaching out to you again next week.
Until then, take care of everybody. Make it a great rest of your day.
John