Seventeen Secrets To Success

*Keep your temper to yourself.
*Give your enthusiasm to everybody.
*Be yourself, forget yourself, become genuinely interested in the other guy.
*Be fair, honest, friendly - and you'll be admired and liked.
* Make other people feel important.
* Count your assets and stamp out self-pity.
*Meet the other person at his/her own level.
*Put your smile power to work.
* Keep moving
*Keep trying
*Give the gift of heart.
*Get off to a good start in anything you do.
*Forgive yourself if you fail.
*Be lavish with kindness.
*Overwhelm people with your charm, not your power.
*Keep your promises.
*Be an optimist.

Dr. Tom Wallace tells of a pastor visiting a home. Suddenly the door flew open and little Willie came racing in yelling, "Ma! Ma! Look what I've got!" He was holding aloft a dead, bloodied rat of no small size.
Excitedly, the lad began giving the gory details of his triumph, saying, "I found this old rat and grabbed a big stick and beat him and clubbed him. Then I got a rock and smashed him and beat him some more. Then...I," and for the first time he glanced up and saw the preacher listening intently. Suddenly the lad's fierce, scowling countenance became meek, and his manifestation of toughness melted like fat in the fire. His voice lowered to a tone of tenderness and piety as he concluded his story, "...and then the Lord called him home."