Have pen and paper or a small dictaphone with you all day and record every significant thing you did. Success is individual. Decide for yourself what to record. They don’t have to be big things. Did you turn down that piece of pie at lunch? Did you make every call you had to at work, or not speak crossly to your kids once? Write it all down.

Watch your list grow as the day progresses. As you hit ten successes, shoot for twenty-five. When you hit twenty-five, go for forty. At the end of the day, read over your list and take note of how much you accomplished. The criteria for accomplishments are yours and yours alone. Something trivial to one person can seem insurmountable to another. See if today’s list is unusual or ordinary for you. If you have forty-seven accomplishments and it’s a normal day, think for a moment how successfully you manage your life.

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Posted on Monday, September 29th, 2008 at 4:09 am filed under Advice.