I greeted this day with love in my heart.
I praised my enemies.
I thought “I love you” silently to all I met today and I loved myself enough to protect my body from overindulgence and my mind from evil and despair.
I praised my enemies.
I thought “I love you” silently to all I met today and I loved myself enough to protect my body from overindulgence and my mind from evil and despair.
I kept myself away from those whose weeping and complaining are contagious.
I avoided negative thoughts or words.
I tried to complete one more task when it was time to journey home and I did not allow the day to end in failure.
I tried to complete one more task when it was time to journey home and I did not allow the day to end in failure.
I refrained from all self-praise.
I learned at least one new thing about my profession today.
I concentrated on making each project better than the last.
I kept the market place and home separate from each other in my thoughts.
I learned at least one new thing about my profession today.
I concentrated on making each project better than the last.
I kept the market place and home separate from each other in my thoughts.
I greeted this morning with gratitude for the gift of another day.
I mourned not yesterday’s mistakes and defeats.
I wasted none of my precious time on foolishness.
I treated everyone with tenderness as if I would see them no more, and I truly lived this day as if it were my last.
I mourned not yesterday’s mistakes and defeats.
I wasted none of my precious time on foolishness.
I treated everyone with tenderness as if I would see them no more, and I truly lived this day as if it were my last.
I avoided all negative thoughts of failure and despair by making my actions control my thoughts.
I smile often.
I moved swiftly.
I raised my voice to strengthen my confindence.
I made allowances for the moods of others and I refused to allow any setback or problem to discolor my day.
I raised my voice to strengthen my confindence.
I made allowances for the moods of others and I refused to allow any setback or problem to discolor my day.
I laughed at the world and at myself today.
I refuse to take too seriously my petty understandings.
I laughed at my problems, my heartaches, my failures, even my successes.
I refuse to take too seriously my petty understandings.
I laughed at my problems, my heartaches, my failures, even my successes.
I maintained my perspective by telling myself throughout the day, “This too shall pass.”
I put off no distasteful chore for another time.
I moved swiftly from task to task to avoid diversion and temptation.
I overcame my fears through action.
I moved swiftly from task to task to avoid diversion and temptation.
I overcame my fears through action.
I prayed today. I repeated a familiar prayer but I also spoke a few words of my own asking for guidance and thanking my Creator for giving me the privilege of making something of this day, and my life.
* * *I looked up this book after reading this review. It sounds intriguing.
David Cooke writes “I was intrigued by Mandino when the author of a book I found helpful said he has read this over a 100 times and it was the most life-changing book he had ever read. It is a very profound little read and I read it in one sitting. There is a nugget or two that could really make a difference to the way you do life. The book contains twelve ‘habits’ that you are encouraged to get into your thinking over a period of 45 days. He promises you will end up earning more money at the end of reading it!! The idea was born as a book to help salesman become more effective but has since been extended as a life manual. Now, of course we already have a life manual don’t we (well done, class) but this book is not without considerable merit. Reading this might change your life and Mandino certainly wrote it for you hoping so.”
* * *I looked up this book after reading this review. It sounds intriguing.
David Cooke writes “I was intrigued by Mandino when the author of a book I found helpful said he has read this over a 100 times and it was the most life-changing book he had ever read. It is a very profound little read and I read it in one sitting. There is a nugget or two that could really make a difference to the way you do life. The book contains twelve ‘habits’ that you are encouraged to get into your thinking over a period of 45 days. He promises you will end up earning more money at the end of reading it!! The idea was born as a book to help salesman become more effective but has since been extended as a life manual. Now, of course we already have a life manual don’t we (well done, class) but this book is not without considerable merit. Reading this might change your life and Mandino certainly wrote it for you hoping so.”
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