STRONG SELF-IMAGE.



SELF-IMAGE!! A POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE OF US IS THE 
ATTRIBUTE OR CHARACTERISTIC WE CANNOT 
DISCOUNT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN ANY 
ENDEAVOR WE CHOOSE!!      AN INVINCIBLE SELF-
IMAGE OF “WHO” WE ARE; AND “WHAT” WE ARE; IS 
THE ONLY FUNDAMENTAL FOUNDATION 
NECESSARY TO BUILD UPON.  THIS FOUNDATION 
OF A POSTIVE AND STRONG SELF-IMAGE STARTS 
WITH EACH OF US, THEN OUR FAMILIES, OUR 
COMMUNTIES AND FINALLY OUR COUNTRY.  
FREEDOM, FREEDOM FOR OUR CHILDREN WILL BE 

THE EXPECTED OUTCOME, AS LONG AS WE BEGIN 
AS INDIVIDUALS TO FOCUS ON POSTIVE ACTION 
THAT ONLY HELPS OTHERS.  HELP ANOTHER AND 
HELP THE WORLD!!

AND NOW FOR SOME THOUGHT PROVOKING QUOTE
’S:

“ENTHUSIASM IS THE GREATEST ASSET IN THE 
WORLD.  IT BEATS MONEY, POWER AND INFLUENCE!
”

“HOLDING ON TO ANGER IS LIKE HOLDING ONTO A 
HOT COAL WITH THE INTENT OF THROWING IT AT 
SOMEONE ELSE; YOU’RE THE ONE WHO GETS 
BURNED.”

“A PERSON WITHOUT A SENSE OF HUMOR IS LIKE A 
WAGON WITHOUT SPRINGS-JOLTED BY EVERY 
POSSIBLE PEBBLE IN THE ROAD.”

“DO NOT LET WHAT YOU CANNOT DO INTERFERE 
WITH WHAT YOU CAN DO.”


“A SHORTCUT IS OFTEN THE QUICKEST WAY TO 
SOME PLACE YOU WEREN’T GOING.”

“REMEMBER WHAT ALBERT EINSTEIN SAID:  NEVER, 
EVER, STOP QUESTIONING.”

“GOD HAS GIVEN US TWO HANDS, ONE TO RECEIVE 
WITH AND THE OTHER TO GIVE WITH.”

 “GIVE” WHILE WE’RE ALIVE!!!

THERE WAS A VERY, VERY RICH MAN WHO ASKED 
HIS PARTNER ONE DAY, “WHY AM I CRITICIZED 
AND LAUGHED AT BEHIND MY BACK BY MY 
ASSOCIATES.  HIS PARTNER PROCEEDED TO TELL 
THE RICH MAN THAT, HEY!! YOU’RE A MISER A 
SCROOGE, YOU’RE SO TIGHT YOU SQUEAK!!

THE RICH MAN SAYS; HEY!! WAIT A MINUTE. 
EVERYONE KNOWS I WILL LEAVE EVERYTHING I 
HAVE LEFT TO CHARITY WHEN I DIE,..SO WHAT’S 
THE PROBLEM??

WELL SAID THE FRIEND, LET ME TELL YOU THE 
STORY ABOUT THE PIG AND THE COW.  YOU SEE, 
THE PIG WAS COMPLAINING ONE DAY TO THE COW 
ABOUT HOW UNPOPULAR AND DISLIKED HE WAS.  

THE PIG SAYS TO THE COW, EVERYONE IS ALWAYS 
TALKING ABOUT HOW KIND YOU ARE AND HOW 
GENTLE YOU ARE AND HOW GENEROUS YOU ARE.   “
SURE YOU GIVE MILK AND CREAM, AND ARE REALLY 
NICE, BUT I GIVE A LOT MORE THAN YOU DO, SAYS 
THE PIG!!  I GIVE BACON, I GIVE HAM, AND THEY 
EVEN PICKLE MY FEET.  YET, STILL, NOBODY LIKES 
ME.  WHY IN THE HECK IS THIS??..ASKED THE PIG!!

THE COW THOUGHT FOR A MINUTE OR SO AND 
THEN REPLIED, “WELL, MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE I GIVE 
WHILE I’M STILL LIVING.”


GOOD STORY!!!  YA KNOW THERE IS A LOT TO BE 
SAID HERE.  SO MANY OF US THINK ITS 
ACCEPTABLE TO TREAT OTHERS POORLY AND NOT 
GIVE WHEN WE HAVE, THINKING THAT WHEN WE 
DIE EVERYONE WILL LOVE US BECAUSE OF WHAT WE 
LEAVE. 


ITS ALWAYS BETTER TO GIVE WHILE YOU’RE ALIVE.  
SIMPLY BECAUSE, YOU CAN SEE AND FEEL THE 
GOODNESS YOU HAVE SHARED WITH OTHERS.  
AND HOW IT AS HELPED ANOTHER.   AND IT DOES 
NOT HAVE TO BE MONEY OR POSESSIONS YOU ARE 
GIVING.  WHEN YOU GIVE OF YOURSELF, YOU GIVE 
THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL!!  SO DON’T BE A 
MISER WITH THE GOD GIVEN GIFTS THAT HAVE 
BEEN GIVEN TO YOU.   SHARE THEM WITH OTHERS, 
AND IN RETURN YOU RECEIVE SUCH HAPPINESS 
AND SUCH GRATIFICATION, THAT YOU CANNOT 
TURN IT OFF.  IT JUST KEEPS ON COMING BACK 
ATCHA!!



THE 12 STEPS TO ACHIEVING A STRONG SELF-
IMAGE!!!

1.  SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE TO YOURSELF, ABOUT 
YOU EACH DAY.  AT LEAST ONE THING.
IE, I’M A GOOD LISTENER, I’M A GOOD PARENT.

2.	MAKE SURE YOU ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN 
SOME WAY, EVEN IF ITS SMALL, EVERYDAY!!  IT 
BUILDS ON ITSELF.  IE,..BEGIN TO EXERCISE, GET UP 
A LITTLE EARLIER TO READ SOMETHING 
INSPIRATIONAL, ORGANIZE YOUR OFFICE.

3.	GIVE YOURSELF SOME RECOGNITION, A 
PAT ON THE BACK, FOR THE EFFORT YOU MAKE FOR 
TAKING ACTION; REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME.

4.	READ ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
FAILED AND SUCCEEDED, BUT NEVER QUIT.  THIS 
WILL COMFORT YOU.

5.	LISTEN TO YOUR HEART.  WHAT YOU 
FEEL IS OFTEN WHAT IS RIGHT.

6.	BE HONEST. BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF 
AND YOUR LIMITATIONS.

7.	LAUGH AT YOURSELF.  IT FEELS GREAT.

8.	COMPLIMENT OTHERS, GENUINELY; AND 
YOU WILL BE COMPLIMENTED GENUINELY.

9.	BE PROUD OF YOUR NAME, YOUR IDEAS 
AND YOUR WORK.

10.	 DO NOT SET GOALS SO HIGH THAT YOU 
WILL CONSISTENTLY FAIL.  IT’S PREVENT YOU 
FROM TRYING.  SET REALISTIC GOALS, AND THEN 
INCREASE THEM GRADUALLY.

11.	EMPHASIZE WHAT YOU ARE GOOD AT, 
NOT WHAT YOU AREN’T.  FOCUS ON WHAT YOU 
DID DO, NOT WHAT YOU DIDN’T.

12.	TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WANT TO 
BE TREATED. LIVE YOUR LIFE BY COUNTING YOUR 
BLESSINGS.  BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO HAVE. 



WELL, THER YOU HAVE IT.  A SOUND GUIDELINE 
FOR DEVELOPING AND ACHIEVE A STRONG SELF-
IMAGE.