{"id":1616,"date":"2011-09-08T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T04:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2011-09-08T00:23:40","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T04:23:40","slug":"good-character-your-foundation-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2011\/09\/good-character-your-foundation-for-excellence.html","title":{"rendered":"Good Character – Your Foundation for Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stonehenge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Yesterday’s blog stressed the importance for you to feel good every day on a consistent basis.<\/span>
\nWhen you feel good or positive every cell in your body creates health and success.<\/span>
\nAs soon as you feel bad or negative your cell’s health immediately deteriorates.<\/span><\/p>\n

So when you feel good, you tap into your highest resources for health and success.<\/span>
\nIt is wise to look at the qualities that create a healthy and strong individual.<\/span>
\nDeveloping these qualities within you empower you and give you the foundation for excellence.<\/span>
\nWhen you act in alignment with these principles you naturally feel good and achieve success.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nThe Pillars of Success:<\/span><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Golden Rule<\/span><\/strong>
\n Honesty<\/span><\/strong>
\n Integrity<\/span><\/strong>
\n Service<\/span><\/strong>
\n Gratitude<\/span><\/strong>
\n Generosity<\/span><\/strong>
\n Excellence<\/span><\/strong>
\n Professionalism<\/span><\/strong>
\n Teamwork<\/span><\/strong>
\n True Communication<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n


\nChallenges and trying time test your integrity and commitment to proper principles.<\/span>
\nIt is easy to feel good and make good choices when things are going well.<\/span>
\nIt is when you are under pressure that your true character reveals itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

From The I Ching by Brian Browne Walker:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“In a very real sense the progress of the world depends upon your progress as an individual now.<\/span><\/em>
\nConcentrate, then, on examining and correcting your thoughts, attitudes and actions.<\/em><\/span>
\nImprove yourself into the kind of person you yourself would follow wholeheartedly and without hesitation.\u00a0 Learn to accept the natural progress that occurs when you act in harmony with proper principles and seek no progress at the expense of those principles.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The most important thing you can aspire to is becoming the best person you can be and actualizing\u00a0<\/span> your divine potential.<\/span>\u00a0 In the end, no amount of wealth of possessions can determine the quality of your character or the quality of your life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Feeling good is your natural state when you are in alignment with your truth and essence.<\/span>
\n“To thine own self be true.”<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

blessings,<\/span>
\n\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span>
\nThe Mega Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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