Become a Great Person

At the end of my last newsletter, I asked you to:

Define what a "good person", a "good worker" or a "kind person" is.

What are their traits? Be very specific.

How did you go? Did you do it?

How many traits did you come up with?

It's interesting how most people can only identify 3 or 4 good traits. However, when asked to list the good points their partner has or a close family member, they generally come up with around 7 points.

This indicates they know their partner/family member better than they know themselves.

Not knowing yourself means you do not like yourself.

How can you like yourself if you don't know what your good points are?

You can't.

Not liking or loving yourself means you need someone else to like/love you for you to feel good. The more you depend on another to like/love you, the more control you give them.

Some people even say "I hate myself".

Think of the consequences of this statement.

Think of how you would feel and the things you would do to feel loved and accepted.

As everyone wants to feel loved, if it isn't coming from within you, it needs to come from another person.

And, as the old saying goes, "You can't love another until you love yourself".

This is why it is important to fall in love with the person you are. To do this, it is important to like the person you are. To do this, you have to know who you are. To do this, you must know your good points and like them.

Pretty simple, really, isn't it!!

So, how do you know yourself?

I have created a pdf with many of the traits of a great person. You can download it from here.

I suggest you go through it and tick the traits you have.

If I have missed some out, please add them (and let me know so I can update the list).

If some are not applicable or you don't think they should be on the list, ignore them (and let me know).

This is a guide only to help you.

This list is also good to identify what type of person you would like to be. If you had to create a "great" person, what traits would he or she have? As soon as you identify who you would like to be, you simply need to put these traits into your life and you become that person.

If there are traits on the list that you don't have, and would like to have, work on the desired traits so they become a part of your life.

And then look out for the new you!

Good luck.