Your strengths are not your weaknesses. Your weaknesses are not your faults.

Your faults do not define you. Only you can define who you are

and your character. Your character is more important

than your reputation.

Meaning: Choosing your thoughts,

words and actions based on what is right rather than what is in it for you.

Doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do.

Meaning: Think before you speak.

Make sure your intention is positive, and your words are sincere.

Meaning: View failure as feedback that

provides you with the information you need to learn, grow and succeed.

Meaning: Focus your attention on the

present moment. Keep a positive attitude.

Meaning: Staying loyal to what you

said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has passed.

Meaning: Accept responsibility for your

actions. Be accountable for your results. Take ownership of your mistakes.

Meaning: This is the quality of bending

easily without breaking with a willingness to modify or change what is not working. Change or reach a compromise.

Meaning: Be mindful of self & others

while focusing on what is meaningful & important in your life.

1. INTEGRITY – Match behavior with values Demonstrate your positive personal values in all you do and say. Be sincere

and real.

2. SPEAK WITH a GOOD PURPOSE – Speak honestly and kindly

Think before you speak. Make sure your intention is positive and your words are sincere.

3. FAILURE LEADS TO SUCCESS – Learn from mistakes View failures as feedback that provides you with the information you need to learn, grow, and succeed. 

4. LIVE IN THE NOW (This is it!) – Make the most of every moment

Focus your attention on the present moment. Keep a positive attitude.

5. COMMITMENT – Make your dreams happen Make positive action. Follow your vision without wavering.

6. OWNERSHIP – Take responsibility for actions Be responsible for your thoughts, feelings, words, and actions. “Own” the choices you make and the results that follow. 

7. FLEXIBILITY – Be willing to do things differently Recognize what is not working and be willing to change what you’re doing to achieve your goal.

8. BALANCE – Live your best life 0Be mindful of self and others while focusing on what’s meaningful and

important in your life. Inner happiness and fulfillment come when your

mind, body, and emotions are nurtured by the choices you make.

I choose to live by choice and no longer by chance. To be motivated but not manipulated. To be valuable and not become depleted. To modify and stop the excuses. To transcend in life and not just be a participant.

I choose self-esteem and not self-pity. To listen to my inner voice and not the ramblings,

random thoughts or opinions of others. To actually do the things that you won’t so I can

continue to do the things that you can’t.

I choose to find my own purpose! The choice is all mine to make and not that of

another. I choose to control my life and not that of others. Yes, I am unique, aware and focused. It is my life,

right?

I choose to take back the controls of my life. It’s my life and I own it. Therefore, I now choose me wholeheartedly for the first time.

Ms. Deborah Porter - Dec2016