Franklin's 13 Secrets for Success and Happiness

Franklin's 13 Secrets for Success and Happiness

1. Temperance – Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
2. Silence – Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.
3. Order – Let all your things have their places, let each part of your business have its time.
4. Resolution – Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
5. Frugality – Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing.
6. Industry – Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.
7. Sincerity – Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
8. Justice – Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
9. Moderation – Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
10. Cleanliness – Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloths, or habitation.
11. Tranquility – Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
12. Chastity – Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another’s peace or reputation.
13. Humility – Imitate Jesus and Socrates.

From the book of " How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling" by Frank Bettger.

Kill your competition : The kaizen way

Kill your competition : The kaizen way

Don't go for big change. Don't fight with nature. Don't fight with resistant. Instead of fighting; just bypass the resistant in kaizen way.

Kaizen which means change for better. It also means one small change at a time. It is the evolution process; not revolution. Just take a baby step. One small step at a time.

Breakdown any big project into lots of bit size pieces. Then one bit at a time. Just a baby step. Don't try to run when you can not walk. First we will creep, then we will walk then only we can run.

To eat an entire elephant we have to start from one part only. We can not eat an entire elephant at a time.

The same way to complete a big size project we have note down all the required actions one by one on priority basis. The we just complete one action at time. Just one action at time. No multitasking. Don't try to complete to many things at time. One task at time! But do it consistently, do it everyday without fail. Then after few days you will see that you had completed a huge project so easily.

Are you living your life?

Are you living your life?

Are you living your life? Did you ask this question any time to yourself? "Am I living my life or somebody else life?" Confusing! OK let us see how you can find that if you living your life or not.

Now prepare list of 10 things which excites you:

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Don't skip this exercise; you have to complete this task before reading the next part. Just take a blank sheet and start writing. Completed the list. Great!

Now you just came to know that you have only one year time to live; after that you are going to die. Now again write down what are 10 things you want to complete and experience in this just one year time frame.

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Now you find what excites you. Are you living by them. Or are just doing the task only for your family, your boss or for somebody else? I am not telling that working for your family and your company is bad but, as an individual should live your life. You must make time and space to live your life. You should not compromise with your life. You should not regret at your deathbed for not living your life.  

Now you had explored about your excitements. Now live them just now. Just live them everyday. Don't wait for tomorrow or someday.

How you can improve your life by taking feedback

The power of feedback system

We are doing same thing again and again and we are expecting different result. We don't know where we are doing wrong. We don't know which area of our life needs immediate attention. Which area require urgent improvement. We don't know. Because we are not asking any feedback. Your boss, your sub-ordinate, your spouse, your colleague, your children, your relatives may be don't like something about you; but until you are asking them to provide a honest feedback about you, they don't open up their mind.

This is the right time to take a 360 degree feedback about you. 

Just use this simple script like:

" Hi Name

We are just near to complete a whole year and I was just reviewing my past glory and failure. And now I want to set up new resolutions for 2015. In this regard I want your help. I know this might sound weird, but I would love your honest feedback on (1) one thing you think I do really well_________, and (2) one thing I could improve__________.

Thanks!

Your Name"

Send this simple mail to all the people you deal daily basis and see how many feedback you get.

But your real task will start from here only. After getting the feedback you have to start working on them daily basis and then only magic will start happening.

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