TEN LIFE-RULES OF A TRUE WINNER By: Lampstand Inspirations, Co.

Misconceptions of what a winner is 1. Never loses “Winners are not those who never fail, but those who never quit” – Anonymous “Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.” – Dennis Waitley, American Motivational Speaker PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

Misconceptions of what a winner is 2. Must beat another in order to win “Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.” – Nido Qubein, author, businessman, consultant, and educator PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

Misconceptions of what a winner is 3. Is Self-Made To be a winner takes a lot of humility to recognize his need for help in order to get to the top. PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS Ten Life-Rules 1. Have a Vision of your Victory “Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.” – Anonymous PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS “The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.” – Arnold Swarzenneger PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS Ten Life-Rules 2. Enter into Commitments Don’t make a promise when you can’t commit. But once you promise, die keeping it. PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS Ten Life-Rules 3. Risk beyond your Comfort Zones Great discoveries took place when people decided to sail beyond the horizon. PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS Ten Life-Rules 4. Overlook the Minors “Don’t major on the minors” “Don’t sweat the small stuff” PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS Ten Life-Rules 5. Interpret life from the perspective of a winner. “The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better” – Barbara Pletcher, Lawyer PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS Ten Life-Rules 6. Choose to be a Lamplighter Lamplighters are people who leave a trail of lights behind him. PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS Ten Life-Rules 7. Listen first, talk later. "You ain't learning' nothing when you're talking." – a plaque in the office of Lyndon Johnson “A person will not care about what you know until he knows that you care.” – Rick Warren, Author PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS Ten Life-Rules 8. Initiate Reconciliation The one who benefits most from forgiveness is the forgiver. Resentment is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies. PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS Ten Life-Rules 9. Free yourself from habits that weigh you down. Freedom is not the ability to do anything but the ability to do the right thing. PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS Ten Life-Rules 10. Elevate others before others Real winners don’t rise up by putting other people down. PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS H - ave a Vision of your Victory E - nter into Commitments R - isk beyond your Comfort Zones O - verlook the Minors I - nterpret life from the perspective of a winner. C - hoose to be a Lamplighter L - isten first, talk later. I - nitiate Reconciliation F - ree yourself from habits that weigh you down. E - levate others before others PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS THE ELEVENTH RULE Have a Changeless Core Core: a basic, essential, or enduring part (Mirriam-Webster) The Core holds your life together. PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

Examples of Changing Cores 1. Money 2. Family 3. Another human being 4. Career 5. Self PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS

PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS Find a Changeless Core “…Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever…” (Hebrews 13:8) PROPERTY OF LAMPSTAND INSPIRATIONS