| 1. Excellence is a habit. | | | | The process of creating a point of view, |
| Every session, everyday was a reinforcement of | | | | accepting and announcing it as yours, and then |
| the basics of success. | | | | defending it will create the necessary reasoning |
| Excellence is not a flash-in-the-pan (although in the | | | | required to be successful. |
| kitchen it pretty much was!) but a continuous, | | | | It don't matter what your point of view is, learn |
| upward spiral towards all that you can be. | | | | to develop one. |
| 2. Friends are family. | | | | 5. Have a role model. |
| I treasure them even today and cannot thank | | | | There is tremendous benefit in looking up to |
| them enough for making me a part of their lives. | | | | someone and aspiring to be like them. You will |
| Some of them went thru a lot to teach to me | | | | learn more good things than bad, but some of the |
| the value of loyalty, respect and blind faith. | | | | bad ones will only do you good as you will learn to |
| 3. You cant learn everything & you cant | | | | identify them and remove them from your |
| prepare for everything, but you can try. | | | | persona. |
| School is meant to give you a flavour of the real | | | | The role model may also be influenced to help |
| world. If the real world was so easy to replicate | | | | further your career/success. remember, your |
| and taught, what would that say about the real | | | | success is now his! |
| world? | | | | 6. Think & sometimes use common |
| What you can do though, is to prepare yourself | | | | senseyes, its true. Almost anything, any situation |
| from the knowledge of the people who came | | | | could get better if only you could do the common |
| before you. | | | | sensible thing rather than the impulsive one you |
| Practice in training and it isn't difficult to walk in | | | | generally do! THINK |
| and conquer the real world. | | | | 7. Life is not fair, get used to it! |
| 4. Have a point of view, have an opinion. | | | | Stop complaining about it, stop hoping it will |
| The earlier in life you start the better you get at | | | | become fair one day, just stop. |
| it. | | | | It isnt. Now go do something about it! |