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Stephen · 09-29-2008, 11:43 AM

I'll start

1. Keep a journal
2. Exercise 6 days a week
3. Read the classics
4. Throw away your TV (metaphorically)
5. Be a virtuous agent
6. Listen to Mendelssohn
7. Save for the future
8. Be a GTD aficionado
9. Remember that non-human animals feel pain like we do
10. Meditate
11. Question your birth religion
12. Respect your parents for giving you life
13. Set goals
14. Play chess
15. Learn a second language

.......please keep adding

InterfaceLeader · 09-29-2008, 04:24 PM

16. Be fluid
17. Learn to go with your gut
18. Communicate with everyone you meet, honestly and openly
19. Encourage others
20. Find your purpose

fainaent · 09-29-2008, 05:50 PM

21. Smile!
22. Turn negatives into opportunities.
23. Do something considerate for someone else every day.
24. Share your talents.
25. Never become complacent with who you are.

Stephen · 09-29-2008, 10:33 PM

26. Become an early riser.
27. Make love with love.
28. Drink water rather than processed liquids.
29. Don't run with the herd.
30. Keep your head when all around you are losing theirs.
31. Become an automatic millionaire.
32. Adopt the latte factor.
33. Become self sufficient.
34. Grow something either in a patch or a pot.
35. Phone your folks and say hi.
36. Read All Quiet on the Western Front.
37. Don't be a two party political clone.
38. Learn to accept risk.
39. Know how to say hello in 10 languages.
40. Mend rather than expend.

Dagan · 09-30-2008, 04:06 AM

41. Achieve those set goals

Stephen · 09-30-2008, 04:22 AM

42. Step into another's shoes.
43. Give a cup of tea and a self help book to a beggar.
44. Avoid pet shops.
45. Buy fair-trade coffee, if you must.
46. Ditch coffee if you can.
47. See alcohol for what it really is.
48. Send a love letter to your partner.
49. Escape from debt.
50. Reduce, recycle, reuse.

09-29-2008, 11:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
Stephen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 595	Keep Adding to this List of personal positive traits...... I'll start 1. Keep a journal 2. Exercise 6 days a week 3. Read the classics 4. Throw away your TV (metaphorically) 5. Be a virtuous agent 6. Listen to Mendelssohn 7. Save for the future 8. Be a GTD aficionado 9. Remember that non-human animals feel pain like we do 10. Meditate 11. Question your birth religion 12. Respect your parents for giving you life 13. Set goals 14. Play chess 15. Learn a second language .......please keep adding

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09-29-2008, 04:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
InterfaceLeader Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: In a green and bountiful land Posts: 515	16. Be fluid 17. Learn to go with your gut 18. Communicate with everyone you meet, honestly and openly 19. Encourage others 20. Find your purpose

09-29-2008, 05:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
fainaent Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 36	21. Smile! 22. Turn negatives into opportunities. 23. Do something considerate for someone else every day. 24. Share your talents. 25. Never become complacent with who you are.

09-29-2008, 10:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Stephen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 595	26. Become an early riser. 27. Make love with love. 28. Drink water rather than processed liquids. 29. Don't run with the herd. 30. Keep your head when all around you are losing theirs. 31. Become an automatic millionaire. 32. Adopt the latte factor. 33. Become self sufficient. 34. Grow something either in a patch or a pot. 35. Phone your folks and say hi. 36. Read All Quiet on the Western Front. 37. Don't be a two party political clone. 38. Learn to accept risk. 39. Know how to say hello in 10 languages. 40. Mend rather than expend.

09-30-2008, 04:06 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dagan Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 53	41. Achieve those set goals

09-30-2008, 04:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
Stephen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 595	42. Step into another's shoes. 43. Give a cup of tea and a self help book to a beggar. 44. Avoid pet shops. 45. Buy fair-trade coffee, if you must. 46. Ditch coffee if you can. 47. See alcohol for what it really is. 48. Send a love letter to your partner. 49. Escape from debt. 50. Reduce, recycle, reuse.

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