I was going through some papers that I have collected over the years from trainings I have attended and came across an interesting sheet of 8×6 paper colored with some green foliage and flowers in the background with the words New Year’s Resolutions on it.  I took it out and remembered why I kept it which I will explain at the bottom.  They handed it out during The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People training that I attended years ago and I wanted to share it with you. 

New Year’s Resolutions

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.

    Love them anyway.

If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives.

    Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies.

    Succeed anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.

    Do good anyway.

Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable.

    Be honest and transparent anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.

    Build anyway.

People who really want to help may attack you if you help them.

    Help them anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt.

    Give the world your best anyway.

The world is full of conflict and hurt.

    Choose peace of mind anyway.

                                    -Anonymous

I have come to realize that sometimes as leaders, in business and in our personal lives, we sometimes do things that make us feel a little uncomfortable, but we do them anyway.

To your success,

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