Be a Better Watcher

Most people are content to watch things with their eyes.

"What else would they watch with?" I am glad you asked.

Watching anything requires more than just your eyes. Your ears help you watch my detecting sounds, which in turn causes your eyes to redirect towards where the sound is coming. For example, at a baseball game when you hear the crack of the bat after making contact with the ball, you start looking for the ball.

If you are in a kitchen, the smell of good food can definitely cause your eyes to redirect towards where the good smell is coming.

When you are watching anything, don't just look at what is immediately in front of you, take in the whole atmosphere of where you are. You will enjoy it more.

Make someone's day and perform a random act of kindness. The person will most likely appreciate the fact that you are looking out for him/her.

Be a Better Listener

You will solve far more problems by listening than by talking.

This does not mean that you don't ask questions. This means you need to listen to the answer when you ask a question and/or listen to what is being said as it might answer your question prior to you asking it.

When you listen attentively, you generally know what you need to do for any task you are given and can then complete it in the alloted time, given details are not missing.

By listening, you know what questions you need to ask - and what questions not to ask.

Make someone's day and perform a random act of kindness. It could be as simple as listening.

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But most importantly, do what you say you are going to do.

Actions speak louder than words.

It is better to do something good rather than just talk about it and do nothing.

Your word is your bond. But your actions speak volumes on who you are.

Do rather than just say.

Make someone's day and perform a random act of kindness. It is an action that will speak loudly about you.

Big Fish, Small Bowl

Are you the biggest fish in your bowl? Are you the smartest person in your group? Are you the person that everyone goes to for answers?

You are either very fortunate and you are the smartest person around or you have limited yourself and need to expand your horizons. You've boxed yourself in and set your goals too low.

The boss is not always the smartest person in the group when it comes to knowing everything there is to know. If he is a smart boss, he hired people who are smarter than him in areas that he does not have time to be the expert in.

If you are always the smartest person in your group, please, expand your horizons. Challenge yourself and start associating with experts in your field that are quite possibly smarter than you are. This is the way to make yourself better.

Make someone's day and perform a random act of kindness. Not only do you help the person, but you help yourself as well because you never know, the person could be an expert in something you are not.

One Step at a Time

We live in a day and age where we expect everything to be fast and ready at our finger tips whenever we want it.

Examples:

• Fast food drive thru's - we don't even want to get out of our cars.
• Same day dry cleaners -not only do we not want to clean our own clothes, but we want someone else to clean them today.
• Computers - no matter how they go, they are never fast enough for us. Back in the day, the computer power that we carry around in a laptop could not even be found in a block full of computers and was slower than anything we have today.
  
• 1-Hour photos - What picture is so important that we can't remember what it looked like an hour ago but we really need to remember it.
  

Sometimes the faster we go, the behinder we get. Just because we try to go faster does not mean we are going to get things done any faster. Generally when we rush, we end up making mistakes and it ends up taking us longer to get the task done.

Take one step at a time and do the job right, and you will be amazed at how much you get done in a reasonable amount of time.

Make someone's day and perform a random act of kindness. Lending a helping hand might be what that person needs to get the job done right.

Be Proud

When you were little, your parents probably yelled at you to sit up straight and stop slouching. All I knew was that I needed to sit up straight, I had no idea that they were trying to make sure that I presented the image that I was proud of who I was.

Always be proud of who you are.

If there ever is a time that you don't feel proud about yourself, take a look at yourself and determine what you are not proud of and then do what you can to fix it.

Always put your best foot forward.

I would rather do my best at an activity and fail then not try because I thought I thought I couldn't do it.

When you work or when you play, always do your best and you can always be proud.

Make someone's day and perform a random act of kindness. It will show that person and yourself that you are proud of who you are and you are not afraid to share it.

Friends

When I was a little kid, I always had difficulties spelling the word "friend." I was told the best way to remember how to spell it was that a friend is a friend until the end, which is how "friend" ends.

Childhood has come and gone, but this particular lesson sticks with me to this day.

Friends are with you in both good times and bad. They tell you when you are doing well. They also help lift you up when you are not doing so well. They are the people in your life that you are willing to take constructive criticism from to make your life better.

Your friends are your friends no matter where you live or how long it has been since you last saw them.

Remember that friendship is like any relationship; it is a two-way street and it takes both people to make it work.

Make someone's day and perform a random act of kindness. You never know, you might end up with a new friend.