• Why blame others for making me unhappy? I take responsibility for making myself happy by putting myself in a happy frame of mind through positive exercises.
• I give myself permission to make myself happy — even if in so doing, others choose to make themselves unhappy.
• I make time for myself to do things which are positive and bring me pleasure and enjoyment in the short-term.
• I do things for others and my community without expecting anything back in return.
• I sacrifice short-term pleasures and put up with short-term discomforts in order to achieve longer-term possible gains.
• I accept the fallibility of others and myself.
• I look at the reality of a situation and let the emotional content wash by me.
• I take a chance at things at work or in my personal relationships, even when I might not immediately, or ever, succeed! Possibility of success ALWAYS exists through learning - the certainty of failure exists when I do nothing.
• It doesn't matter much what people think about me and what I am doing.
• I see uncertainty as a challenge — I embrace it as the possibility of success.
