1. Listen, listen, listen...Listen First and Never Stop Listening.
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” ― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.” ― Zeno of Citium, as quoted by Diogenes Laërtius
2. Help Others
“The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley, Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes
“If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.” ― Warren Buffett4. Be Yourself
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”― Bruce Lee
“To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.”5. Sharing
― Dave Pelzer
“Whatever we possess becomes of double value when we have the opportunity of sharing it with others.” ― Jean-Nicolas Bouilly (1763-1842)
“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”― George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)6. Follow Your Passion
“Follow your passion, and success will follow you.” ― Terri Guillemets
“You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.”― Oprah Winfrey7. Delighting yourself and others.
“Remember to delight yourself first, then others can be truly delighted."― S.A.R.K.
“When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.” ― Kahlil Gibran
“I love people. If I do something good and people enjoy it, I like making people happy.” ― Taylor Momsen
“I love making people happy and I think I'm basically a good person ...despite what you might read about me!”― Duff McKagan8. Say "Thank you"
“Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.”― Ralph Marston
“The simple act of saying 'thank you' is a demonstration of gratitude in response to an experience that was meaningful to a customer or citizen.”― Simon Mainwaring
“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”― Max de Pree9. Forgive others and ask for forgiveness
“People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.”
― Bill Cosby
“Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.”
― Lewis B. Smedes
“When you realize you've made a mistake, make amends immediately. It's easier to eat crow while it's still warm.”
― Dan Heist
“Never forget the nine most important words of any family-
I love you.
You are beautiful.
Please forgive me.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Source:
http://www.inc.com/dave-kerpen/how-to-get-everything-you-want.html
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