Promise #6: Be Like the Sunflower
Sunflowers are fascinating flowers that look toward the sun when it rises and follow it across the sky until it sets. Research shows that sunflowers follow the sun to get ...
Read More Promise #5: Share Your Enthusiasm
Throughout The Optimist Creed, Christian D. Larson shares insight into the Laws of the Universe. In looking at the promise, "To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as ...
Read More Promise #4: Think Only The Best
We've been studying the 12 Promises in The Optimist Creed by Christian D. Larson. This week the promise is: "To think only of the best, to work only for ...
Read More Promise #3: How to Support Your Friends
I sometimes think that all we need is one true friend to be able to fully appreciate our own value. Although we all know that self-worth must come from inside of us, ...
Read More Promise #2: The Making of an Optimist
Our voice is a powerful tool that has the ability to influence and transform the world around us. When we embrace this responsibility with intention, we can make a huge ...
Read More 10 Ways to Become a Better Person
Christian D. Larson wrote the book "The Optimist Creed." He talks about the life-changing power of optimism and gratitude. To help us stay focused on gratitude and being optimistic, Larson ...
Read More Do You Want To See Her?
I want to share an excerpt from The Alter Ego Effect by Todd Herman. Robert Stein recounted this story after spending a day with Marilyn Monroe in 1955 when their publication ...
Read More Increase Your Difference-Making
This is a story that was recently shared with me, and is courtesy of Marc Chernoff. It reminds me that each of us, in our own unique way, is making a ...
Read More The Fourth Agreement – Always Do Your Best
Over the last few weeks, I've been discussing Don Miguel Ruiz's book, The Four Agreements. The final agreement is one of my favorites, "Always Do Your Best."The fourth agreement is ...
Read More The Third Agreement – Don’t Make Assumptions
The third agreement in Don Miguel Ruiz's book, The Four Agreements, is "Don't Make Assumptions."In this chapter, Ruiz reminds us that assumptions are made-up stories that we believe to be true, even though ...
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