Million Dollar Habits – Page 311 people, how healthy you are, and almost everything that happens to you in your
work and personal life. Self-esteem is the key to great personal success.
As it happens, each time you discipline yourself to persist in the face of adversity,
your self-esteem goes up. You like and respect yourself even more. You become
stronger and more determined. You become happier and more confident. Every act
of self-discipline reinforces every subsequent act of self-discipline. Every act of
persistence reinforces every subsequent requirement for persistence. Every act of
persistence and self-discipline builds your self-esteem, makes you stronger and
makes you even more capable of disciplining yourself to persist in the future. All
three work together to develop within you the kind of character that makes you a
leader in everything you do, and wherever you go.
An Attitude of Gratitude The final habit for you to develop in becoming a truly excellent person is
the habit of practicing an “Attitude of gratitude” in every part of your life. We spoke about
this attitude earlier, regarding getting along well with others. As a part of character
development, it means something more.
The habit of feeling and expressing gratitude, of saying
thank you to people, and
thank you to life in general, for all of the things in your life that you should be
grateful for, has a wonderful effect on your personality.
An attitude of gratitude makes you a warmer, friendlier and more genial person.
An attitude of gratitude causes you to be more sensitive and aware of people
Million Dollar Habits – Page 312 around you, and your environment. An attitude of gratitude gives you a great sense
of happiness and inner satisfaction. The more gratitude you have, the more
gratitude you express, the better and more positive is your personality, the higher is
your self-esteem, and the more popular and liked you are by all the people around
you.
