How to live a benefiting life
1. Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet them again on your way back down.
2. Set an example. Treat everyone with kindness and respect, even those who are rude to you – not because they are nice, but because you are.
3. Kindness is not to be mistaken for weakness, nor forgiveness for acceptance. It’s about knowing resentment of any kind is not on the path to happiness.
4. Give as much as you can, but don’t allow yourself to be used. Listen to others closely, but don’t lose your own voice.
5. Say what you need to say. Speak your truth. There is no greater sadness than holding on to the words you never had the courage to speak.
6. You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react and who you choose to be around.
7. Negative company will never give you a positive life. Examine what you tolerate in the long-term.
8. What you allow is what will continue. It’s always better to spend more time alone than allow negative people and their opinions to derail you from your destiny.