Are There Any Short Cuts To Success?

This is the kinda stuff that I often think about.  For I am a firm believer, the right beliefs and values are the greatest influencers of success and achievement.

While what you do is crucial.  That is merely a reflection of who you are.

And perhaps, the best summation of these principles, I found unexpectedly.

Last Wednesday night, Sheryl and I attended Amanda, (our youngest child’s), first-grade curriculum night. On Amanda’s desk, was a simple sheet, titled: Lifeskills by Susan Kovalik & Associates.  It said:

Integrity: To act according to what is right and wrong.

Initiative: To do something because it needs to be done.

Flexibility: The ability to alter plans when necessary.

Perseverance: To keep at it.

Organization: To work in an orderly way.

Sense of humor: To laugh and be playful without hurting others.

Effort: To do your best.

Common sense: To think it through.

Problem-solving: To seek solutions. 

Responsibility: To do what is right.

Patience: To wait calmly.

Friendship: To make and keep a friend through mutual trust and caring.

Curiosity: To investigate and seek understanding.

Cooperation: To work together toward a common goal or purpose.

Caring: To show / feel concern.

Courage: To act according to one’s beliefs.

Kinda funny, ain’t it, the lessons you can learn, when you sit at the desk of a six-year-old.


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