Today’s lesson may seem trivial. A lot of people gloss over this… don’t take is seriously.

We all need to work on ourselves every day. Never stop becoming a better person, it’s the ticket to success.

Our lives are what we make of it, so it makes sense that the more we improve ourselves, the better our lives become.

I honestly believe, the if we genuinely help ourselves and others to become better people, then good things will happen to us.

I’ve always been a giving person. I never hesitate to lend a hand, offer financial assistance (when I can), include others who might feel left out.

I am not one of these tit-for-tat types, that counts their contributions and compares it to their returns.

Sure, there are those that will take advantage of you, and in if I find myself in those situations, I love on. But I don’t dwell on it, nor do I consider my contributions as “losses”.

Self improvement can come in many forms…

There is the obvious… work every day on developing your skills. The more skills you gain, the more valuable you become to assisting others.

But there is so much more… a big one being the ATTITUDE and MINDSET that you hold.

Do you live in abundance, meaning you take full advantage of the live that you DO have?

Or, do you live each day focused on what you don’t have or don’t like about your life?

Do show gratitude for what you have? For the earth and environment? For the people around you?

“Victims” don’t get anywhere.

These are people who have excuses for their lack of success, who blame others for their losses, failures, and opposite of abundance. They are the people who have be “dealt a bad hand of cards.”

Their neighbor’s lawns tend to have “greener” grass than their own.

I fortunately had driven parents, who encouraged me to succeed in school, to go to college, and to get a good job. This was a start.

It wasn’t until about two years ago, though, that I realized that I had to take complete ownership and responsibility and of my life and how it was turning out.

I wanted changes in my life. And I finally realized that these changes were NOT going to happen until I took a mind shift, and made the personal goal to…

WORK ON MYSELF EVERY DAY!

I’de like to share a video with you that I filmed in memory of Randy Pausch. Talk about life lessons and self improvement! He said it so well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC4aZTlHV4I