by Mike Riley
1) Compliment at least three people every day.
2) Watch a sunrise at least once a week.
3) Be the first to say, “Hello.”
4) Live beneath your means.
5) Treat everyone like you want to be treated.
6) Never give up on anyone – they can change!
7) Forget the Joneses!
8) Never deprive someone of hope. It may be all he has.
9) Pray not for “things”, but for wisdom and courage.
10) Be tough minded but tenderhearted.
11) Be kinder than necessary.
12) Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
13) “Keep” your promises!
14) Learn to show cheerfulness, even when you don’t feel like it. Remember that overnight success usually takes about fifteen years!
15) Leave everything better than you found it.
16) Remember that winners “do” what losers don’t want to do!
17) When you arrive at your job in the morning, let the first thing you say brighten everyone’s day.
18) Don’t “rain” on other people’s parades!
19) Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.
20) Give God “first place” in your life (Matthew 6:33).