In this blog I wanted to cover my inspirational book “If I really wanted to make a difference I would...” I use to read this book when I started doing Multi Level Marketing business ( Forever Living Products Philippines International ) and now I love to read it again and share what I've learned from my experience related to the content of the book.
This book contains simple thoughts that can create big impact in our life. Most of the content or topic here are the things we usually do and sometimes were not aware of the result; we just feel like doing it.
You can read how to become a better person and make good relationship with others. This book is about making a difference or knowing that there are more things you can have or become.
Here are the list of wisdom and inspirations from the book.
If I really wanted to make a difference I would...
- Talk less and listen more.
- Get enough rest
- Put people first
- Refuse to hold grudges
- Be on time
- Choose friends of various ages in varying situations
- Avoid negative thinking
- Take more pictures
- Take an elderly person out to dinner
- Remember special occasions
- Offer free baby-sitting
- Celebrate diversity
- Live in the present
- Read a book to child
- Tell the people in my life how I feel about them
- Keep in touch with my friends
- Be careful not to over commit
- Have a diner at home, at the table, with my family
- Keep a stash of greeting cards
- Return phone calls
- Refuse to get rattled on the road
- Live in the moment
- Be careful not to assign blame
- Learn people’s names
- Weigh my motives
- Deal with my insecurities
- Be the first to say, I’m sorry
- Refuse to let people walk on me
- Expect the best from the others
- Do my part to take care of the planet
- Pray, pray, pray
- Provide a meal for a new mom
- Value my family
- Tell the truth
- Keep my priorities straight
- Learn not to make excuses
- Be sensitive to the losses and disappointments of others
- Discover and use my true gifts
- Vary my routine
- Refuse to let the little things get to me
- Teach – in any capacity
- Be careful not to patronized the young or the old
- Remember to say thank you.
- Send handwritten letters
- Read labels
- Refuse to live above my means
- Organize and label pictures
- Listen to and chronicle the lives of my older relatives
- Write my spouse a love letter
- Volunteer my time for something I believe in
- Let people see my true self
- Give each person my full attention
- Teach someone to read
- Find beauty in every stage of a child’s life
- Wish the best for others
- Act like an adult
- Remember how to think like a child
- Practice humility
- Encourage others to pursue their dreams
- Refrain from giving unsolicited advice
- Stick by a friend in a crisis
- Stay out of other peoples affairs
- Mentor the people who work for me
- Be there for a single parent
- Make more jokes
- Refuse to believe everything I read and hear
- Give anonymously
- Visit a nursing home
- Give myself a break
- Develop my mind
- Vote
- Learn not to be procrastinate
- Show love
- Carefully consider the advice I’m given
- Keep an open mind
- Never be a litterbug
- Think responsibly
- Put my life into God’s hands
If I really wanted to make a difference I would... - is published in the Philippines by Lighthouse Inspirational Books & Gifts, Inc. and it's available to your favorite local Bookstore- National Bookstore, Powerbooks and Philippine Christian Bookstore.