Monday Morning Perk up

5+1 ways to improve your life.

1. Give value first.
   That's right, you must first give, in order to receive. How do you give value? It doesn't have to be anything big, just small little things.   Teach (not preach) of things that others can learn from you. On Facebook, there is a little Notes application, write on it, if a blog sounds intimidating for you.
   
   
2. Help other people.
   Do not try to help everybody, just as many as you can and to your ability. It could be anybody, your colleagues, friends, kids and even strangers.
   
   
3. Strive to be the best at what you love to do.
   In whatever you do, do it to your best ability, on and off work. Always be a student, the day you become a master is that day that you stop being the best.
   
   
4. Establish long-term relationships with everyone.
   Think of the long-term and base every decision on it. When you do that, it''s more likely you make better decision in regards to fairness and ethics.
   
   
5. Have fun every day.
   Ah, the fun part. Its what keeps all of us sane. Doing it everyday means you're always smiling. If you don't understand it, its likely you're not having enough fun. If you love what you do, all your days are simply holidays and I wish it for you.

Plus 1 more : 

DON'T QUIT
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
when the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

when the funds are low and the debts are high,

and you want to smile but you have to sigh,

when care is pressing you down a bit -

rest if you must,

but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns.

As everyone of us sometimes learns.

And many a fellow turns about

when he might have won had he stuck it out.

Don't give up though the pace seems slow -

you may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than

it seems to a faint and faltering man;

often the struggler has given up

when he might have captured the victor's cup;

and he learned too late when the night came down,

how close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -

the silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

and when you never can tell how close you are,

it may be near when it seems afar;

so stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -

it's when things seem worst,

you must not quit.

by Edgar A. Guest (August 20, 1881 - August 5, 1959)

Photo by Umair Mohsin under a Creative Commons License.