Positive habits bring the tremendous rewards of success, joy, and lasting fulfillment. Here are seven habits that are very important for living joyfully and successfully.
Gratitude: offering a simple and sincere "Thank you" when someone is helpful or shows a kindness, and offering daily prayers of gratitude for all blessings.
Reliability and trustworthiness: taking personal responsibility to keep one's agreements, even if it takes longer than anticipated.
Persistence and tenacity: taking measured risks, surmounting obstacles, and with patience, completing worthwhile missions that fulfill one's purpose.
Encouragement: showing appreciation and support for the talents, dreams, efforts, and accomplishments of others.
Compassion: doing what is possible to alleviate human suffering, treating other members of our human family with love, generosity, and forgiveness.
Cooperation: welcoming necessary changes, negotiating and resolving differences in ways that achieve common goals, communicate goodwill, show strength of character, and foster supportive alliances.
Continuous learning: gaining new skills, recording experiences, and learning from both desirable and undesirable events to create clearer maps for future progress.