HIGH MORAL CHARACTER
ASSOCIATE YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE OF GOOD QUALITY IF YOU ESTEEM YOUR REPUTATION, FOR IT IS BETTER TO BE ALONE THAN TO BE IN BAD COMPANY.
TEST OF FRIENDSHIP
NEGATIVE INFLUENCES COME IN THE FORM OF PEER PRESSURE. PEOPLE SAY, AREN'T YOU MY FRIEND? REMEMBER TRUE FRIENDS NEVER WANT TO SEE THEIR FRIENDS HURT.
IF I EVER SAW THAT A FRIEND HAD ONE DRINK TOO MANY, I WOULD PUT MY FOOT DOWN AND NOT LET HIM DRIVE. I WOULD RATHER LOSE THE FRIENDSHIP THAN LOSE A FRIEND.
IT IS COMMON TO SEE PEOPLE DOING WRONG THINGS TO GET ACCEPTED SAYING IT IS COOL, NOT REALIZING THEY WILL BE LEFT COLD.
WHAT STARTS AS PEER PRESSURE MAY BE IN REALITY A TEST OF FRIENDSHIP. WHERE WILL THEY BE WHEN YOU ARE IN TROUBLE? HOW FAR WILL THEY GO TO HELP YOU? AND THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS . IF THEY GO TO HELP YOU? AND THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE CHARACTER TODAY, HOW WILL THEY HAVE THE CHARACTER TOMORROW TO HELP YOU? ASSOCIATING WITH PEOPLE OF HIGH MORAL CHARACTER HELPS BUILD SELF-ESTEEM.
PEER PRESSURE
WHEN THE DESIRE TO BELONG TO THE HERD BECOMES STRONGER THAN THE DESIRE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT, IT IS EVIDENT THAT WHAT IS LACKING IS COURAGE AND CHARACTER. GOING ALONG TO GET ALONG IS A SAFER PATH, KEEPS ONE'S PEERS HAPPY, AND ONE DOES NOT RISK BEING LAUGHED AT. THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE WITH HIGH-ESTEEM DRAW THE LINE. THAT IS WHAT SEPARATES THE MEN FROM THE BOYS.
EXAMPLE :
❤ SCHOOL KIDS CONFORM BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE LAUGHED AT.
❤ STUDENTS DON'T GIVE THE ANSWERS BECAUSE OTHERS WILL MAKE FUN OF THEM.
❤ FACTORY WORKERS KEEP PERFORMANCE LOW TO KEEP PEERS HAPPY.
MODERATION
MANY PEOPLE SAY, MODERATION IS OK. I TRY A LITTLE AND QUIT. THE QUESTION IS IN MODERATION IS IT REALLY OKAY?
❤ TO CHEAT?
❤ TO LIE?
❤ TO STEAL?
❤ TO TAKE DRUGS?
❤ TO HAVE ILLICIT AFFAIRS?
SOME PEOPLE FREQUENTLY RATIONALIZE I CAN QUIT WHENVER I WANT, THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT NEGATIVE INFLUENCE ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN WILL-POWER.
MOTIVATION
ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT CAUSE MOTIVATION, YOU CAN MOTIVATE YOURSELF AND ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS - AND YOU CAN MOTIVATE OTHERS TOO.
YOUR INTERNAL MOTIVATION IS YOUR DRIVE AND ATTITUDE. IT IS CONTAGIOUS. YOUR ATTITUDES ARE THE KEY TO GETTING THE RESPONSE YOU WANT FROM OTHERS.
HOW DOES A PERSON STAY MOTIVATED AND FOCUSED? ONE IMPORTANT TOOL THAT HAS BEEN USED BY ATHELETES FOR A LONG TIME IS AUTO-SUGGESTION. AUTO-SUGGESTIONS ARE POSITIVE STATEMENTS MADE IN THE PRESENT TENSE AND REPEATED REGULARLY. IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS POSITIVE SELF-TALK.M FOR EXAMPLE LET'S SAY YOU'RE JUST STARTING A NEW JOB.
SEVERAL TIMES EACH DAY YOU MIGHT SAY TO YOURSELF, I FEEL MORE AND MORE CONFIDENT EVERY DAY. OR LET SAY YOUR TEENAGED SON IS GOING THROUGH A STAGE WHERE EVERYTHING HE SAYS SEEMS TO IRRITATE YOU. YOU MIGHT REPEAT TO YOURSELF, I WILL BE CALM AND PATIENT WHEN I TALK TO JOHN.
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