The Pyramid of Success

9 Ways To Be Happy And Make Something Of Your Life

Gordon B Hickley

1.Be grateful-Being grateful to me means being thankful for everything you have and receive. One way you can show your gratefulness is by saying thank you every time someone does something for you. "A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."I chose this quote because i feel that it is something that honestly is true if you truly believe it. If you are honestly grateful for everything you have an appropriate everything then you might just have a couple miracles going your way.

  2. Be Smart-Being smart means making the right choices. For example instead of going out and parting when you have a test the night before you make the smart decision and stay home and study. You see the smart decisions can sometimes be the right one. And by also be smart you can make your life happier and hop on the path to a better life. These are the reasons why you should be smart through out your life this includes making smart choices."Follow your heart but take your heart with you" This is the quote i chose because i feel it is a really smart quote that i feel i can use in my follow by thing about it every time i make a decisions.

3. Be involved- Being involved is the third way to be successful in life. This is an important quality in life because you need to be involved in activities to know whats going on. I will in-cooperate this into my life by joining more clubs and joining more sports."You have to be involved to evolve.." I chose this quote because it is so true. So now thanks to these 9 ways to live by i can make a change.

4. Be Clean- Being clean means to clean up after yourself when making any mess. You must also have proper manners, also being organized. Some examples can be washing your own clothes, cutting your nails, showering every day. " Clean and organized is a practice not a project." Now that i know that being clean is a way to be successful in life i will try to incorporate it even more in my life. I have also been a clean person and organized. Now i will give it more thought ans practice in my life. 

5. Be true-Being true means being honest. You gotta be honest to yourself and everyone around you. This means not to cheat, because when you cheat the only thing that happens is you lie to yourself. And even when you say a little white lie it takes another lie to cover the first one which leads you to a life full of lies." Stay true to yourself because their are few people who will. " This quote is saying that if you lie then no one will be true to you because you are not true to yourself. From now on i will try to be true to myself. 

6. Be Positive-Being positive is basically the way you look at things. You can look at the good sides of things or you can be negative. By being positive you well always get the best of every situation."Life is 10 % of what it throws at you and 90 % how you deal with it." This means that you can decide what you get out of things by being positive you will always get the best out of things or you be negative and dwell on things. From now on i will look for the best of things even in negative situations.

7. Be Humble-Be humble means not to think better of you're self. You must show a low estimate of your importance. You must show humility, the opposite of this is being rude, loud, impolite, and uncivil. If you are trying to be humble you cant be bold."Climb the mountain so that you can see the world not so that the world can see you. I really like this quote because its saying that you must do things for the right reasons. I will remember to stay humble and not be a showoff.

8.Be Still- I guess be still means to be patient. Let things come to you. You must wait because good things come to though who wait. Stay still because God is steering you so you must remain patient. "Be still God is in control".This quote means dont force anything you must remain still because God has a plan for you and knows your purpose. Now i know that if something i do not like happens to me i just gotta remain patient and still.

Reflection- These 9 ways post that i have been working on have really influenced my life in a positive way or at least will. These ways will effect me because i will apply them to my life in different ways. I have always valued some of these ways but never expected them to be one of the ways that can make you a success. I realized that some of these ways can be applied to my life in school and in sports. You gotta remember to be humble in sports no matter the score because the other team can always come back, you must respect every team. And for being grateful you must be grateful for in general everything you have in your life. Now i will be grateful for the smallest things such as shoes and a bed and food. I also have to be smart and make the right choices. And behave the way i was raised. And by being smart i will be involved with schools and clubs. Be clean means to keep your body clean and free from drugs. It also means to clean up because if you don't it shows you don't care. Be true to your self and who you are and don't switch up on people. Don't get peer pressured to do something you wouldn't do be true to yourself. Be positive in life and you will have a positive life.