"LIFE LAWS"
Something from PHILLIP C. McGRAW Ph.D. book entitled "Life Laws".
"we do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves--mark twain"
"we don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out--decca records executive rejecting THE BEATLES in 1962"
LIFE LAW # 1
--------- you either get it or you don't
your strategy: become one of those who get it. break the code of human nature, and find out what makes people tick. learn why you and other people do what they do, and don't do what they don't.
"the sower may mistake and soon his peas crookedly; the peas make no mistake, but come up and show his line---ralph waldo emerson"
LIFE LAW # 2
--------- you create your own experience
your strategy: acknowledge and accept accountability for your life. understand your role in creating the results that are your life. learn how to choose better so you get better.
"I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate---- St. Paul"
LIFE LAW # 3
----------------- people do what works
your strategy: identify the payoffs that drive your behaviour and that of others. control the payoffs to control your life.
"we've got them---general george a. cluster, in being attacked at the little bishorn, 1876"
LIFE LAW # 4
---------------- you can't change what you don't acknowledge
your strategy: get real with yourself about your life and everybody in it. be truthful about what isn't working in your life. stop making excuses and start making results.
"well done is better than well said---ben franklin"
LIFE LAW # 5
----------------- life rewards action
your strategy: make careful decisions and then pull the trigger. learn that the world couldn't care less about thoughts without actions.
"there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so---william shakespeare"
LIFE LAW # 6
--------------- there is no reality; only perception.
your strategy: identify the filters through which you view the world. acknowledge your history without being controlled by it.
"it's not whether you get knocked down. it is whether you get up.----vince lombardi"
LIFE LAW # 7
--------------- life is managed; it is not cured.
your strategy: learn to take charge of your life and hold on. this is a long ride, and you are the driver every single day.
"no one can make you feel inferior without your consent-----eleonor roosevelt"
LIFE LAW # 8
-------------- we teach people how to treat us.
your strategy: own, rather than complain about, how people treat you. learn to renegotiate your relationships to have what you want.
"whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame ---- ben franklin"
LIFE LAW # 9
------------ there is power in forgiveness.
your strategy: open your eyes to what anger and resentment are doing to you. take your power back from those who have hurt you.
"I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific ----- lily tomlin and jane wagner "
LIFE LAW # 10
-------------- you have to name it to claim it.
your strategy: get clear about what you want, and take your turn.
LIFE LAW #11
------------- live in fear or live in Faith?
your strategy: step-out-in Faith! get out of that box. we don't want to live our lives in fear of failure or rejection.
YOUR PERSONAL WINNING FORMULA
1. VISION ----------- people who consistently win get what they want because they know what they want.
2. STRATEGY ----- people who consistently win have a clear and thoughtful strategy for getting that which they envision.
3. PASSION ------- people who consistently win play the game with passion.
4. TRUTH ----------- people who consistently win have no room in their lives for denial, fantasy or fiction.
5. FLEXIBILITY----- people who consistently win understand that life is not a success-only journey.
6. RISK -------------- people who consistently win are willing to take risks.
7. NUCLEUS ------ people who consistently win are not lone rangers.
8. ACTION --------- people who consistently win take meaningful, purposeful, directional action.
9. PRIORITIES ---- people who are consistent winners manage their challenges in hierarchical fashion.
10. SELF-MANAGEMENT ------ people who consistently win consciously and pointedly take care of themselves as individuals.
11. FAITH ------ people who consistently win have strong faith in GOD who's so generous and all powerful we can do anything with his Grace.
"we do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves--mark twain"
"we don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out--decca records executive rejecting THE BEATLES in 1962"
LIFE LAW # 1
--------- you either get it or you don't
your strategy: become one of those who get it. break the code of human nature, and find out what makes people tick. learn why you and other people do what they do, and don't do what they don't.
"the sower may mistake and soon his peas crookedly; the peas make no mistake, but come up and show his line---ralph waldo emerson"
LIFE LAW # 2
--------- you create your own experience
your strategy: acknowledge and accept accountability for your life. understand your role in creating the results that are your life. learn how to choose better so you get better.
"I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate---- St. Paul"
LIFE LAW # 3
----------------- people do what works
your strategy: identify the payoffs that drive your behaviour and that of others. control the payoffs to control your life.
"we've got them---general george a. cluster, in being attacked at the little bishorn, 1876"
LIFE LAW # 4
---------------- you can't change what you don't acknowledge
your strategy: get real with yourself about your life and everybody in it. be truthful about what isn't working in your life. stop making excuses and start making results.
"well done is better than well said---ben franklin"
LIFE LAW # 5
----------------- life rewards action
your strategy: make careful decisions and then pull the trigger. learn that the world couldn't care less about thoughts without actions.
"there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so---william shakespeare"
LIFE LAW # 6
--------------- there is no reality; only perception.
your strategy: identify the filters through which you view the world. acknowledge your history without being controlled by it.
"it's not whether you get knocked down. it is whether you get up.----vince lombardi"
LIFE LAW # 7
--------------- life is managed; it is not cured.
your strategy: learn to take charge of your life and hold on. this is a long ride, and you are the driver every single day.
"no one can make you feel inferior without your consent-----eleonor roosevelt"
LIFE LAW # 8
-------------- we teach people how to treat us.
your strategy: own, rather than complain about, how people treat you. learn to renegotiate your relationships to have what you want.
"whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame ---- ben franklin"
LIFE LAW # 9
------------ there is power in forgiveness.
your strategy: open your eyes to what anger and resentment are doing to you. take your power back from those who have hurt you.
"I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific ----- lily tomlin and jane wagner "
LIFE LAW # 10
-------------- you have to name it to claim it.
your strategy: get clear about what you want, and take your turn.
LIFE LAW #11
------------- live in fear or live in Faith?
your strategy: step-out-in Faith! get out of that box. we don't want to live our lives in fear of failure or rejection.
YOUR PERSONAL WINNING FORMULA
1. VISION ----------- people who consistently win get what they want because they know what they want.
2. STRATEGY ----- people who consistently win have a clear and thoughtful strategy for getting that which they envision.
3. PASSION ------- people who consistently win play the game with passion.
4. TRUTH ----------- people who consistently win have no room in their lives for denial, fantasy or fiction.
5. FLEXIBILITY----- people who consistently win understand that life is not a success-only journey.
6. RISK -------------- people who consistently win are willing to take risks.
7. NUCLEUS ------ people who consistently win are not lone rangers.
8. ACTION --------- people who consistently win take meaningful, purposeful, directional action.
9. PRIORITIES ---- people who are consistent winners manage their challenges in hierarchical fashion.
10. SELF-MANAGEMENT ------ people who consistently win consciously and pointedly take care of themselves as individuals.
11. FAITH ------ people who consistently win have strong faith in GOD who's so generous and all powerful we can do anything with his Grace.