Food For Thought: 30 Ideas for the New Year

1. It’s better to bite your tongue than eat your words.
2. Some people grow old before they age.
3. Weighing yourself often doesn’t make you lose weight.
4. A great reputation is earned everyday.
5. When kids are ready to talk, be ready to listen.
6. For many people, tomorrow is the busiest day of the week.
7. Throw away the bad experience, but save the lesson.
8. Learn how to take a five-minute vacation.
9. A promise should be as binding as a contract.
10. You may not have the control to lengthen your life, but you can do much to deepen it.
11. It’s better to wear out than rust out.
12. Instead of complaining there’s no wind, get out your oars and row.
13. Don’t expect people to look up to you if you look down on them.
14. The two greatest time savers are saying, “I don’t know” and “I was wrong.”
15. Shop for value not price.
16. The best way to know where your kids are is to invite their friends over.
17. One man’s vacation spot is another man’s home.
18. Never stop courting your spouse.
19. Closing your eyes to problems doesn’t make them disappear.
20. Don’t worry about things that you can’t do anything about.
21. Poor planning on your part shouldn’t constitute an emergency for others.
22. The race isn’t over till everyone crosses the finish line.
23. If at first you don’t succeed, you’re running about average.
24. One win doesn’t constitute a winning streak.
25. A gravesite is the last place you should tell someone how much you care.
26. When you compete with yourself, you both win.
27. Where you’ve come from is less important than where you’re going.
28. Question the person who has answers for everything.
29. Behind every good kid are parents who understand the importance of raising him or her that way.
30. Life is filled with “up’s and down’s,” so make the most of the “in betweens.”

These thirty ideas were excerpted from, It’s the Thought That Counts: Over 500 Thought-Provoking Lessons to Inspire a Richer Life by Frank K. Sonnenberg and Alan D. Hembrough.

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Posted by Frank Sonnenberg on Wednesday, December 8, 2010