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50 Great Characteristics and Views You Need

Apr
15
2010

by Sibyl · 3 comments

There are great characteristics and views people can have that positively impact their life? Do you know people that seem to have everything working for them?  These are the people that have had years and years of continual success and things have always fallen into place very nicely for them.  It is not that they have been completely free of challenges and issues, but overall they have really lived a great life and things just continue to work out for them.  They are very successful and have just about everything they could ever want.

Many people assume these people are lucky or that they have just been dealt a better hand and a better set of life circumstances. It is not that there is anything particularly special about them or what they are doing, but rather that they have just been fortunate and things continually go their way.

However, there is another way to look at these people because there continued success has nothing to do with luck.  There is something very important we should notice about them…

How to Live a Better Life: The alternaview

It is not that these people have been lucky nor is that they have been dealt a better hand, but rather that these people have continually lived life the way it was meant to be lived.  They have helped to create many of the great things that appear in their lives.  They have made good decision after good decision for years and have a set of personality characteristics that has helped them to achieve and accomplish what they desire. They have figured out a successful formula and know how to keep generating more and more positive momentum and positive results.

The great thing is that we can emulate these people. They have a certain set of characteristics and a particular way of doing things.  They have certain positive perspectives and viewpoints.  All we have to do is take notice of all of their good qualities and perspectives and work to develop and strengthen those things in ourselves. And, if we are genuinely able to emulate their good characteristics and share their perspectives, we will be guaranteed to create continual positive momentum in our own lives.

There is a checklist that we can use that summarizes all the positive characteristics and views that we definitely need to have and continually work on and strengthen.  These are the things that are fundamental to success.  These are the things that all those people have who are continually living better and better.

We can use this checklist from time to time, monitor our progress against it, and determine exactly what we need to work on and where we need to grow.

Take a look, and see if you already have or are working on many of these things.

The Checklist of 50 Characteristics and Views We Need:

  1. You are absolutely confident that you can achieve what you desire
  2. You believe that things will always work out the way they should
  3. You are optimistic about the people around you and opportunities
  4. You are loving
  5. You are kind
  6. You are generous
  7. You are trusting and trustworthy
  8. You refuse to let the past define or limit your current reality
  9. You are easily able to let things go and get over things that bothered or upset you
  10. You are open minded
  11. You are flexible
  12. You refuse to reflect on all the things that can possibly go wrong
  13. You are confident about the future and how it will unfold
  14. You are appreciative of the big things…and the small ones too
  15. You are thankful
  16. You are humble
  17. You consistently rely on and trust your good intuition and insights
  18. You realize that everything happens for a reason
  19. You aim to live and learn from everything around you and all that happens
  20. You never lose your cool enough to get out of control
  21. You refuse to waste energy on petty issues
  22. You never complain
  23. You are empathetic
  24. You are helpful
  25. You don’t brag
  26. You always bringing positive energy to every situation
  27. You know how to control your thoughts and ensure they are positive and constructive
  28. You are peaceful
  29. You are pleasant
  30. You continually choose to feel good regardless of what is going on around you
  31. You know how to elevate your mood when necessary and get to a better place
  32. You are inspired and inspiring
  33. You are motivated
  34. You genuinely want the best for other people
  35. You have lots of great positive energy
  36. You don’t judge others
  37. You never gossip
  38. You have no need to win an argument or be right
  39. You are never really offended by anything or anyone
  40. You are patient
  41. You are satisfied with the time it takes things to play out
  42. You have lots of great relationships
  43. You are grateful to be exactly where you are at the current moment
  44. You are inquisitive
  45. You are understanding
  46. You are able to tap into your innate brilliance
  47. You are healthy
  48. You are in good physical condition
  49. You are able to truly enjoy silence
  50. You consistently observe and notice things you like and what is working

Conclusion

We currently may not have all of these characteristics and views, but if we are interested in having more and more positive momentum and more positive results appear in our lives, we will work to develop and strengthen each and everyone one of these things. There are certain things that are just fundamental to living well. Don’t miss out on living the life you were meant to.  Put your energy and effort toward making certain you have developed those things that are required in order to live better and better…that is the alternaview.

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Ralph April 20, 2010 at 4:37 am

Great list Sibyl! “You are confident about the future and how it will unfold” I think this is one of my favorites. Having a positive outlook on the future is so important. I would hate to walk through life thinking that its all going to end badly for me. I rather have faith that things are going to work out for the better. Thanks for the great post! Keep it up!
.-= Ralph´s last blog ..Networking Tools You Need to Succeed (Guest Post) =-.

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Sibyl April 20, 2010 at 8:11 pm

Ralph: Thanks for the comment and I am so glad that you enjoyed the post. I am also glad that you liked the suggestion to be confident about the future and how it will unfold. I really think this one is key and it actually ties into your post on having the will to win. I think having confidence plays in to the will to win because when you have the will to win you also have confidence in the future and how it will unfold. Such an important characteristic. Thanks again for the comment.

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