Good Stuff on Success:Farist Health Students

21 Suggestions for Success

by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Briana Health/Farist

21 Suggestions for SUCCESSby H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Rebecca 2nd period Health/Farist

Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your

happiness or misery.• Your marriage is a huge

part of your life. It is who you spend your time with. What you do with him/her. Where you live and raise a family. How you act and are around them. They are the person you are willing to spend the rest of your life with. When you start dating someone ask yourself is this someone I would want to marry. If the answer is no, then there is no point in dating them. You date to find the right person.

Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

• Extreme Home Makeover Edition is exactly this. They do so much for so many families and give more to the families than they expect. They always do it with a smile on their faces and are always looking for a way to help someone.

21 Suggestions forSUCCESS

Have a grateful heart.

Be grateful for the things you have. They might not always be there.

“You never know what you have until it’s gone.”

Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.

The Golden Rule. We all learned about it in kindergarten. Now apply it to yourself and your life. Kindness is like a boomerang. Send it out to other people, and it will find its way back to you.

Enthusiasm and a positive attitude make every chore and challenge become enjoyable.

Have a grateful heart.

Be appreciative of everything around you. In the blink of an eye, it could be gone.

21 Suggestions forSUCCESS

Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.

“Money can’t buy happiness.

Love is and acceptance are some of the basic needs a person always feels. If you try to replace that with money and power. You are wasting your time.

Be loyal.

• Loyalty to me is reliability. When you are loyal to someone, they are relying on you for something. This also tags in with trust. If you aren't a loyal person, then expect not to ever be told or asked anything.

Take good care of those you love.

The ones you love will always be in your life to love and support you. Don’t let them down by not taking good care of them now. Later, you might regret your choice to yell at your sister instead of getting to know her better.

Something can always be improved, whether it be grades, sports, eating, or habits. When you focus on these, improvement becomes a habit.

21 Suggestions forSUCCESS

Don't do anything that wouldn't make your Mama proud.

Chances are if your mother wouldn't approve of it, you shouldn’t be doing it.

Be honest.

“Honesty is the best policy”. When all of your cards are laid on the table for everyone to see, people know the true you. By being honest, you may

even learn some things about yourself.

“Reflect on your blessings, of which every person has many, not on your past misfortunes, of which all people have some.” – Charles DickensBe grateful for everything you

have because there are so many people that have so much less than you.

Persistence, persistence, persistence.

“…and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” – Hebrews 12:1

There will always be challenges in life; persistence helps you change roadblocks into mere obstacles that can be overcome.

21 Suggestions for Success Don’t do anything that wouldn’t make your

momma proud.

Make your momma happy!