Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a day in which those who died in a military service are remembered. Traditionally it is on May 30 but now it is officially observed on the last Monday in May. A few ways that you can show honor and respect on Memorial Day is by writing a letter to a soldier and thanking them, show honor and respect by visiting a local veteran's cemetery or war memorial, visit and take cookies to a nearby Veteran's Hospital, go to a Memorial Parade, also enjoy freedom with your family. What I will do to to show respect on memorial day is enjoy freedom with my family and friends.

Becoming Your Best:

The 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders

1.  Be true to your character

Reflection: To become your best you need to be true to your character. If you promise someone something it is important for you to just keep that promise because it will show what type of person you are whether you commit to your promises or not. It is important to have a god character because then many people will want to be your friend because you represented yourself in the proper manner."If you stay true to yourself you will never have regrets." This quote represents why it is important to true to yourself an be who you are because if you don't you will later regret why you didn't do something and it was all because you weren't true to your character and to who you are. What I will do to apply this new principle is always be myself when I am with others because I should be proud of who I am not embarrassed or shy.

2. Use your imagination
Reflection: An important tip to being successfulyour imagination so you can visualize what you want in life. Imagination helps you explore things that you aren't use to and create things that may lead to bigger achievements. Also using your imagination will help expand your creativity and spreading your creativity with others will allow you to expand ideas with others. Both ideas can become very successful. I will apply this tip in my daily life by always being creative and open with myimagination. This will help me become very successful because everyones minds work differently and if I open up my mind to people it can lead to way bigger things and opportunities for me.

3. Apply the power of knowledge
Reflection: To become successful always use your knowledge and you won't have knowledge unless you pay attention. It is very important to always put your knowledge before goofing around. The more knowledge you have to more you can succeed. The power of knowledge will allow you to accomplish your goals and your dreams. There is nothing wrong with having too much knowledge because with out knowledge you won't become successful.Knowledge plus action equals power. Without action you won't be able to become successful so it is very important to always use those two together and I can promise you you will have a successful life ahead of you. I will apply this tip to my daily life by always using my knowledge and action so I can accomplish my goals.

4.Never give up
Reflection: To become successful the only rule and tip for that is never give up. Even when times are getting rough always push yourself because you can do it. You can do whatever you set your mind to. Always have something that will give you motivation and always reward yourself when you are one step closer to your goal. If someone ever tells you can't do it go and prove them wrong show them that you are able to do whatever you set your mind to. You have that ability so use it. I will apply this tip by never giving up on my dreams and goals. "Never give up stay Focused stay Positive stay Strong." This quote represents the motivation you need to not give up and become successful. 

5. Find peace and balance
Reflection: To be successful you always have to balance your life and temper out. For example if you don't you'll probably end up stressed with any work you have and you'll become an ugly person with your peers since you don't know how to manage and balance your stress out. For example many people do excercise to balance it out or they do one of their hobbies so they can relax and not become a person that they wouldn't like to be. Find peace and relax and balance your stress. When balancing a relationship one shouldn't be the only one to give and the other only recieves. Both need to do the same to balance that if not the relationship won't work. What I will do to help myself be successful is find peace and balance in my daily life.

6. Live the Golden Rule
Reflection: To become successful you need to apply rules for your self, golden rules. One golden rule is treating others the way you want to be treated. It won't be quiet fare if you are mean to someone and you expect them to be nice to you. Another golden rule can be that you will always be honest with others. This will make you successful because you will make yourself a better person and many people will have respect for you and will want to be your friend. "Treat others the way you want to be treated." This will allow you to not have any problems with others because most likely you will get along with everyone. I will apply this tip by treating others the way I want to be treated because I do not want to have any conflicts with anyone.

7. Build and maintain trust
Reflection: To be successful you always have to be truthful with yourself and with others. You will not become successful if you are not honest for your whole life. You want to be able to allow others to trust you so you can always be able to trust them. A strong relationship is a pair that can trust the other with out hesitation or no worries and to become successful you will need this. I will apply this tip by always being truthful so i can build trust and maintain it with other. If you lie you wouldn't be able to maintain it. So maintain that trust so you can be successful because this a very important key.

8.Quick to listen slow to wrath
Reflection: This tip is important because it is important to first listen out to someone than letting your anger consume your body and just letting it all out. What if they didn't finish what they were trying to tell you and you yelled at them for no reason because they then explain themselves and now you aren't so mad at them. Always listen to them first. Your anger may take over and you may do or say somethings that you will regret. I will apply this tip to my daily life by listening to others than allowing my anger to takeover and consuming my body. This tip will help me become successful.

9. Lead with vision
Reflection: Lead with vision is a very important tip because it will lead you to your goal. If you lead with out vision it may lead you to something that you were not aiming for. Always be aware of your surrounding and what your main goal is. Lead yourself to the right steps in to accomplishing your goal so you can get what you want. Don't lead yourself to the opposite way. "But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard ugly truths about life that are important to know" This quote helps support the fact that vision is the best way to lead because if you can visualize what you want then you can lead yourself to what you want. I will apply this tip to my daily life by always leading myself to my goal with only my vision. This will help me greatly to achieve my goal and become successful.

10.Manage with a plan
Reflection: To become successful you always have to have an idea of what you want in life. This will allow you to use your imagination and create ways to getting to your goal. Make plan on how to get to what you want so you can know what you are doing as you are going along the way. Be prepared for whatever comes your way. Your plan will make things so much easier because you'll know what to do if it doesn't work out and you'll always be prepared even when someone asks you what are you doing or what are your plans to getting to your goal.I will apply this tip to my daily life by always planning my steps to whatever my goal is so I can be prepared.

11. Do what matters most
Reflection: When you want to become successful you always have to do what matters most. If you don't you will be moving backwards instead of forwards in accomplishing your goal. Do what your gut tells you to do because that is what is more important to you. What matters the most to you must be the most important thing for you for a specific reason and if it is that important it is because it will most likely benefit you. If your goal is to go to college after you finish high school but someone tells you nah we should just not go to college we should take a year break, listen to your gut and what is more important and the best for you. Which should be learning and taking in your career. What I will do to apply this tip is that i'll do what matters the most to me and what is more important and the best for me.

12. Be accountable 
Reflection: Be recognized from your actions. Always be accountable for whatever you do so you can gain recognition even if whatever you did was bad or good. If it was bad it is good that you are being honest. To become successful always make sure you get recognition because if not what will people recognize you for even if you did something that is life changing I would most likely want to be recognized for that. Also be understandable because if you are not it would be hard for others to work for you. Accept responsibility for your actions. Be accountable for your results. Take ownership of your mistakes." This quote is a great example of how to be accountable. Being accountable will make it so much easier to work with you and will bring success to your life. What I will do to apply this tip in my daily life is be accountable for my results, accept responsibility for my actions, and take ownership on my mistakes.