The thirteen moral virtues listed by Benjamin Franklin in his Autobiography:
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 employ’d 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 Uncleanness in Body, Clothes 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.
Also…
The Morning Question, What Good shall I do this Day?
The Evening Question, What Good have I done today?
Taken from the movie Rocky Balboa
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Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself:
I, not events,
have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be.
Yesterday is dead,
tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet.
I have just one day, today,
and I’m going to be happy in it.
– Groucho Marx
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Attitude is self-actualizing. Once we choose an attitude (consciously or unconsciously) we will focus on parts of our environment that validate that attitude. This is the key to the law of attraction. It isn’t that we “draw in” that stuff that we focus on. It means that we take notice to the stuff that validates our attitude and we dismiss what doesn’t.
We have all been in situations where people just want to be angry. No matter what the situation or what the outcome is, they find a reason to be angry. We all also know those people that always seem to be happy. Every situation in their life seems to bring them some sort of joy. These are also the people that we want to be around….it becomes infectious.
Your brain is constantly trying to figure out what is important information and what isn’t. Your attitude tells your unconscious what is important to you. So if you have a bad attitude, that is what your brain focuses on, things that give you a bad attitude. To change your reality, you must first change your attitude or you will never be able to acknowledge the change in your life.
Your attitude dictates what we will experience throughout the day. This means that when you spend time insuring that your attitude is focused correctly, the energy spent is paid back ten fold.
Today, I will insure that my attitude is focused on where I want it to be.
Short Video on Powermind System
Promise Yourself
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
Book on Mindset
Life is sure to have its ups and downs. There isn’t any way to avoid the rollercoaster we call life. The real issue that most of us face is not adding to the mess that difficulties create. We become locked into negative states that cause us to react badly to a bad situation. This causes yet more problems and sometimes a downward spiral.
The truth is that most of the time, just being conscious of the attitude that we want to have is all that is needed. In other words, when we ask ourselves, “Am I in the state of mind that I want to be in regarding this issue,” is all that is needed. Focusing our consciousness on our attitude is usually all that is needed to re-align our state to one that will be more productive.
Not only will we keep from adding more stress in our lives, it usually creates the space needed to solve the problem in the first place. When we are in a positive state of mind, solutions seem to present themselves quicker and will less effort than when we are focused on the problem. When I am conscious about the state of mind that I want to be in, I am living consciously therefore truly alive.
Today, I will ask myself what state of mind I want to be in.
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