How to make yourself proud of yourself
It’s very possible that you’re the only person you’ll get to be with for your entire life my dear...
So it would be wise and wonderful for you to get to know yourself and to like yourself and to create the kind of self that you’ll be enormously proud to call you.
If you get my drift. Sort of.
In some corners they say that pride is a vice. I guess too much is, as hubris is the starting point of irrelevance. And arrogance is the DNA of closed-mindedness.
Yet just the right dosing of pride is pretty perfect. To cause you to be confident. To inspire you to believe in the dreams that the crowd has advised you are impossible. To prompt you to feel very good about being inside your skin.
If you pushed me to come up with a series of tactics to grow your proudness I’d suggest:
…make decisions that honor your genius.
…keep promises you make to others.
…respect promises you make to yourself.
…consistently do uncomfortable good things.
…do what you’re scared to do first.
…lead by your values and act by your ethics.
…never miss any chance to help someone.
…be productive versus passive.
…optimize your craft daily and relentlessly.
…rise when you fall.
…see your scars as medals of bravery.
…be kind mostly and tough when necessary.
…talk to others with respect.
…talk to yourself with love.
…use all opportunities to realize your mastery.
…hurt no one.
…forgive those who have caused you grief.
…create more than you consume.
…grow incrementally daily.
…bring optimism to any darkness.
…accept your flaws.
…amplify your sovereign strengths.
…get up early consistently.