Toms 12 Laws of Life

overst33r

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Couldn't agree more with the first one, but it's kind difficult to do so because you can't please everybody. I wouldn't want to be someone I'm not, which people like #1 tend to be IMO. (my experience)
 

Farang

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Originally posted by: mariok2006
Couldn't agree more with the first one, but it's kind difficult to do so because you can't please everybody. I wouldn't want to be someone I'm not, which people like #1 tend to be IMO. (my experience)

I disagree.. there are some things people can't change. If you don't like doing something, or acting a certain way, forcing "self-change" is like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. I think there is something to be said for changing not yourself but what is around you--people, your career, etc.-- to fit the type of person you are.
 

overst33r

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Originally posted by: Farang
Originally posted by: mariok2006
Couldn't agree more with the first one, but it's kind difficult to do so because you can't please everybody. I wouldn't want to be someone I'm not, which people like #1 tend to be IMO. (my experience)

I disagree.. there are some things people can't change. If you don't like doing something, or acting a certain way, forcing "self-change" is like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. I think there is something to be said for changing not yourself but what is around you--people, your career, etc.-- to fit the type of person you are.

Yeah, but if you're a certain way that does not attract the kind of people you want to attract, then I'd say it's up to that person to want to change into somebody that will afford themselves more opportunities to become successful with other people and their career.
 

Turin39789

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1. SELF-MANAGEMENT AND PEOPLE SKILLS ARE THE KEYS TO YOUR SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS.
2. YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF YOUR UNIVERSE. STAY THERE!
3. WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MOST IS WHAT YOU GET.
4. YOU MAKE YOUR HABITS AND THEN YOUR HABITS MAKE YOU.
5. GUILT ENSLAVES YOU. RESPONSIBILITY LIBERATES YOU.
6. ?OBLIGATIONS? ARE A FRAUD.
7. EXPECT LESS FROM OTHERS AND MORE FROM YOURSELF.
8. NOBODY WAKES UP IN THE MORNING CHOOSING TO BE THE VILLAIN.
9. THERE IS NO ?HAPPILY EVER AFTER? IN THE REAL WORLD.
10. THERE IS A HELL, AND IT STARTS EARLY.
11. YOU CAN CREATE PARADISE ON EARTH. MANY PEOPLE DO.
12. IT?S NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE.
13. I SOUND LIKE A DOUCHEBAG AND YOU CAN TOO!
 

XZeroII

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Originally posted by: Turin39789
1. SELF-MANAGEMENT AND PEOPLE SKILLS ARE THE KEYS TO YOUR SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS.
2. YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF YOUR UNIVERSE. STAY THERE!
3. WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MOST IS WHAT YOU GET.
4. YOU MAKE YOUR HABITS AND THEN YOUR HABITS MAKE YOU.
5. GUILT ENSLAVES YOU. RESPONSIBILITY LIBERATES YOU.
6. ?OBLIGATIONS? ARE A FRAUD.
7. EXPECT LESS FROM OTHERS AND MORE FROM YOURSELF.
8. NOBODY WAKES UP IN THE MORNING CHOOSING TO BE THE VILLAIN.
9. THERE IS NO ?HAPPILY EVER AFTER? IN THE REAL WORLD.
10. THERE IS A HELL, AND IT STARTS EARLY.
11. YOU CAN CREATE PARADISE ON EARTH. MANY PEOPLE DO.
12. IT?S NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE.
13. I SOUND LIKE A DOUCHEBAG AND YOU CAN TOO!

I don't see success in your future.