Life Strategies - For those with one hand tied behind their back: How To Live A Good Life

Do Less Of The Things That Will Set You Back.

Do More Of The Things That Will Get You Ahead.

Cooperating with others will get you ahead.

Competing with others will set you back.

You should play every game in life, as if it were a team sport.

In a team sport, if you are not a team player, it will be game over before you can say game.

Outside of team sports, it’s the same.

Team players succeed more than non team players in every sphere.

Want to multiply your chances of success, satisfaction and fulfillment?

Become a team player.

Employers like team players, because they get the work done, without being problems.

There are enough problems with the work itself, without interpersonal problems being problems.

So become a team player.

Managers like team players.

HR likes team players.

And team members like team players, but of course!

So even if you are the LeBron of your team, the one who makes an outsize contribution, guess what – being a team player will take you further, and not being a team player, will only set you back.

Supercharge your success by being a team player, cooperating with others, and creating win-win situations wherever you go.

It’s the best way to be a friend to yourself.

Being patient will get you ahead.

Being impatient will set you back.

You can’t click your fingers and expect things to fall into place, and go your way.

The wheels of success turn differently at different times, and in different places.

Sometimes problems have to be sorted out, before you can see a glimmer of success.

You got to have patience.

Don’t give up hope, if things seem to be going the wrong way.

Apply yourself with patience.

Eventually, things will go the right way.

Just look at what happened to the US housing market, the US stock market, and the US job market, in the last decade.

There was a giant backwards move, which shook everyone’s lives to the core.

But the wheels eventually started turning positively again.

Patience, faith and time were all that were needed.

Patience, faith and steady application, is how most successful and content people succeed.

Become one of them.

Don’t let impatience derail your chances of success.

Apply yourself patiently… and slowly, but surely, things will work out.

Being respectful will get you ahead.

Being disrespectful will set you back.

Respect is the foundation of healthy relationships and healthy communication.

Respect makes people feel big.

Disrespect makes people feel small.

If you make people feel small, what do you think will happen?

They will not want to have anything to do with you.

You can be magnetic, or you can be distasteful to people.

The higher the regard you have for people, all kinds of people, not just the people you think are capable and successful and worthy of your regard, the more magnetic you will be.

The lower the regard you have for people, the more distasteful you will be.

Respect is the foundation of team-work and very important on the job.

Many foolish young people (still at the stage of sowing their Howard Roark oats) disregard the value of respect.

They don’t realize it’s the cornerstone of success.

Don’t be one of those foolish young people.

Supercharge your success by showing respect to everyone you meet.

It’s another good way to be a friend to yourself.

Being helpful and considerate to others will get you ahead.

Being unhelpful and inconsiderate to others will set you back.

How willing are you to help others with your skills, knowledge and insights?

If you are, you will experience more success.

I embraced this principle, and became deliberate about applying it.

It helped me to increase my network of “happy clients” and “happy friends”.

You see the benefits immediately of putting the wind in someone’s wings, or opening someone’s eyes to insights, or helping someone in an intellectual jam.

And you earn gratitude, brownie points, and repeat business for it.

So what’s not to like.

Supercharge your success by being helpful and considerate.

It’s another wonderful way to be a friend to yourself.

Do more of the things that will get you ahead.

Do less of the things that will set you back.

These are some of the prerequisites of a good life!

Acknowledgements

Thanks for the feedback, (comments, likes, shares) on Part 1 and 2 of this series. I appreciate the kudos from old friends, new friends, and relatives who have become friends. You keep me going.

NEXT, Thanks to all readers, current and future, for sharing my journey to wisdom, meaning and a better life. Like you, I am trying to find my way through this complex maze we call life, and I am honored to have you share my journey, as I continue to seek the wisdom hidden in plain sight.

FINALLY, A Happy Birthday shout-out: to those with July birthdays. Use your birthday month to do less of the things which will set you back, and do more things that will get you ahead.

Have a blessed week, and hope to see you next week.

P.S. Not sure if you have time, but if you do, you may enjoy these other posts:

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