WHAT YOU
BELIEVE IS WHAT YOU BECOME!
PRINCIPLES FOR PERSONAL
GROWTH, CHANGE, PERFORMANCE, AND TRUE SUCCESS IN OUR
LIFE AND SERVICE TO OTHERS SO WE CAN BECOME ALL WE CAN
BE, PERFORM AT OUR BEST AND LIVE AT PEACE IN OUR
WORLD.
“This
is the way the world works, this is the way it makes
sense.”
That little ditty that I
used to teach a group of high school students in a
class exploring the philosophies of the world that men
and women seek to live by. I explained that our
song was a way of reminding us all what the great
thinkers were trying to help us figure out.
Mainly, how does the world work? And what
do we have to know, understand, and do to live well, be
successful, and to finish our lives well. It is
hard to believe that that class was taught nearly a
quarter century ago, but the questions and the song
still persist.
Part of work at The PTM
Group is to continue the eternal but always specific
quest that each of us must go on; we must discover, and
apply the “open secrets of true success.” I would
like to share with you some of what we have discovered
and seek your consideration and response to what we
call the principles of growth, change, performance, and
development. In the following articles, I will
outline
ten of these
principles.
I belief that these principles not only are important
but essential if we are to live well. I do not
believe that these things are a matter of
opinion. We cannot vote on these
principles. We can only be aware of them, seek to
absorb them, be fully engaged in the positive part of
them, and then enjoy the fruitfulness that will come to
us. I believe that men and women who are
successful lead principle-based lives and seek to align
their life and will with those things that make for a
life well lived.
As you go through these, I
invite you to consider them, to think about them,
respond to them, and, most importantly, develop those
principles and priorities that are important to you as
you seek to be more effective, improve your
performance, and to be truly successful.
Stan Hustad
PRINCIPLES
FOR PERSONAL GROWTH, CHANGE, AND TRUE
SUCCESS
IN OUR LIFE AND SERVICE TO OTHERS
How to
become all we can be and live at peace in our world.
(Click the principle for a description of each
principle.)
1.
All lasting change comes from
deep personal change.
2.
We need to assume full
responsibility for our lives, our performance, our
relationships, and how we respond to what happens to
us.
3.
Our human experience is full of
paradox. We must seek to understand its power
and embrace it’s
mystery.
4.
The universal principal of cause
and effect works in our life to carry us forward or
to bring us down.
5.
The way we think and the way we
talk profoundly influences the destinies we reach,
the performance we achieve, and the success we
enjoy.
6.
The search for and the discovery
of purpose and meaning in our life and work are
fundamental to successful living, personal growth,
and positive change.
7.
Successful living based on
purpose, achievement, and joy requires us to be
grateful, forgiving people.
8.
Successful living requires that
we have the courage and faith to take action in the
presence of our fears.
9.
Successful living, managing our
time and money, making the changes we want, and
achieving our goals requires that we know what we
value and what we want.
10.
We all have to serve
somebody. We are hardwired for service to
others.