Create Your “Guiding Principles”
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| Guiding Principles are fundamental ways you commit to "act" in your life. Along with your values, they can determine who you are and how happy you will be. |
This is important; because, your guiding principles (which are based largely on your values) will help to further determine who you are (your identity), what you accomplish in life (for example, it can determine your goals), and ultimately, how happy you can become.
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- Be Honest
- Be Fun
- Be Family-oriented
- Be Wealthy
- Be Adventurous
- Be Successful
- Be Goal-oriented
- Be Friendly
- Be Secure
- Be Giving
- Be there for my children
- Be Healthy
- Be Free
- Be Helpful
- Be Spiritual
- Be Independent
- Be Peaceful
- Be at peace
- Be Educated
- Be Knowledgeable
- Be Trustworthy
- Be of high integrity
- Be punctual
- Be a great spouse, parent, sibling
- BeHappy!
And, again, these are the way I prefer to structure my guiding principles. I like doing it this way because it’s short and simple – therefore easy to have listed in my PDA. There are many other ways. Some people like to use complete sentences to describe their guiding principles. For example, “I will live with the highest possible integrity” or “I will put family before anything else in my life” or “I am committed to helping people everyday”.
However you want to do it is fine; as long as you have a list – written down – of, ideally, between 3 and 5 of your life’s guiding principles. Typically, they are direct “expansions” or descriptions of the values you listed when you went through the BeHappy! values process.
Now, with your (1) values, (2) guiding principles and (3) Definition of Happiness identified, fine-tuned, and written down, your foundation for the happiest possible life is solid.
Again, these three things are the basis for everything else in your life. They will determine your identity, purpose, passions, goals, and ultimately, your happiness!
It’s that important.
So identify and create your list of values, establish your most important guiding principles and develop your own personal Definition of Happiness. Doing these three things will be the beginning of your ability to ...
BeHappy! my friends
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