Pyramid of Success 

Block 2: Enthusiasm 

"It is the engine that powers all blocks of the Pyramid. It is why I chose Industriousness and Enthusiasm as the cornerstones of my Pyramid of Success. It is where everything begins." 

Reflection: I think this quote is correct. the meaning to everything it is saying building a Pyramid as an example can help you build new strategies to life and on work experience where ever you go. with this you can perform better at work having to build your way up will be challenging but at the end it will be worth it, everything will be. with Enthusiasm you'll always acknowledge the things you've done. 

Block 3: Friendship 
"Comes from mutual esteem, respect and devotion. Like marriage it must not be taken for granted but requires joint effort."

Reflection: This quote means that being in a friendship relationship there is some respect and allowing them to respect you as well. friendship take a lot of time to earn and to be with that person that will always put in effort in the friendship circle. people realize it when some one does not treat you right even though you know that they are your friend. and now they know to trust some one else that respects you at all times same as you respect them and what they do. 

Block 4: Loyalty 
"To yourself and to all those depending upon you. Keep your self-respect."

Reflection: Loyalty is the best thing that describes your-self respect, always depending on yourself to others. Like say if the person you really like or just a great friend you want to be loyal and not disrespect their ideas or what they do and say. Also that person needs to depend on you about what they say or tell you and you should know to respect it. a lot of people should be loyal to each other it would make this a better world and with better friends. I think that's how everyone should be, and not disrespect each other violently. 

Block 5: Coorperation
 "With all levels of your co-workers. Listen if you want to be heard. Be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way." 

Reflection: I think this means that with having all coorperation in your life can help you be better with other people and how they work with you as well. being interested of finding new ways of making friends and also to work with them finding new levels of making stuff better. listen to other people's advice and make your own to teach others, also having good learning and listening skills to understand, so that way you get the concept about what's new or what's happening now in the real world etc. 

Block 6: Ambition 

For noble goals "Achievement results from work realizing ambition." 

Reflection: Having the ambition to work your way up there where you want to be the best, competing with others that are trying to take your spot, you need to have the ambition to beat them and make them feel that your the best and that no one can touch you. you need to have that mind set of having to win and practice. without ambition you will never be the best, you want achieve that goal that you want, it's better to work hard, make the best results and you'll feel the pain and you will gain from that ambition that payed off. 

Block 7: Self- Control 
"Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good Judgement and common sense are essential." 

Reflection: Being self controlled is hard for a lot of people to handle and do. many are so stressed out about a lot of things and end up losing control. Some others don't have self-discipline with others there behaviors might change or there attitude as well. Practicing good judgement will help you become a better person and you'll absolutely make more friends. The more you practice behaving better and you'll start to see results in no time. hanging around good people as well can help you be a better person you learn from them and you'll change the way you are as a person to an even greater person. 

Block 8: Alertness


"Be observing constantly. Stay open-minded. Be eager to learn and improve" 

Reflection: to be alert you have to be careful about some things be conscious aware. Make sure you are doing the right things, trying not to make any mistakes at work or mostly at anything you do in your daily life. Be eager about what you wanna do and to improve those mistakes you've done in the past. It's important to keep your goals on track and know what to do, be confident, be responsible and be creative. 

Block 9: Initiative 
"cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Do not be afraid of failure, but learn from it." 

reflection: I think Initiative means that making the decisions by yourself and to think alone will give you a high confidence level of being active and responsible about things. Also knowing your standards about what you are doing. Don't be afraid of failure and just go for it, anything you want to do in life you have the right to be whatever you want find your passion and accomplish that goal. Making mistakes will help you proceed, also learn more about what you did wrong. have that courage to go out there and do it again, not a lot people the the chance to do it or practice it. Keep yourself out of trouble, make good/smart decisions and be competitive with other people that want to steal your spot. 

Block 10: Intentness 
"Set a realistic goal. Concentrate on its achievement by resisting all temptations. Be determine and persisted." 

Reflection: I think achieving a goal that you want to complete and achieve you have to be on it 100%. not making excuses about anything just reaching that goal and being able to determine it. be constant with the time and effort you have and make the best out of it. give the passion to that goal, have full excitement towards it. always be persistent about the intentness, have the decision to reach the best thing in your life. if you like doing it don't stop just keep doing it and make it to where no one can catch you up. be competitive about what you do for a living, you'll have the wisdom to over come it. 

Block 11: Sincerity 
"Keeps friends" 

Reflection: This is really important because the way you act and the way you talk to people, this shows how much of a person you are to them like if you are a bad disrespectful person they probably won't like the way you are to them and won't talk to you. But if you get to talk to them in a nice personal way they'll definitely talk to you and want to be friends with you. Being Sincerity is the number one key with having friends and mostly learning how to talk to one another. Be honest, be fair with them, also the equality with being with them no matter what color or race you have to treat them respectfully and the way you want to be treated. 

Block 12: Adaptability 
To any situation 

Reflection: I think what this word means is to adapt to anything that you love and that passion. almost like a hobby something that makes you special at what you do. also it can be very important of what you have to adapt. I would adapt to skateboarding because I've been doing it since I was a little young boy. I also love dirt biking, the things i adapt to are the things that are my passion and that i could always remember how to do it and how to cherish it. it won't be impossible something always has to go your way it has to be possible and if it's not you keep on trying until you can't anymore, your whole life is dependent on it. 

Block 13: Condition
"Mental-Moral-Physical. Rest, exercise and diet must be considered. Moderation must be practiced. Dissipation must be eliminated."

Reflection: The condition you have to be is to be very healthy, stay healthy most of all. that is very important to your body and your brain, also to be moderate and to practice a lot with being patient when it comes to the mind and brain. all the negative things in your brain do not think about it can mess up your thinking strategy and you can't really think straight. 

Block 14: Skill
"A knowledge of and the ability to properly and quickly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and cover every little detail."

Reflection: Having skills and learning about them might not be easy at first to get. many people end up getting it faster than others because they have that skill to learn faster and better than others around them. A knowledge to learn quickly and fast. being prepared to do anything that satisfies you in a way to do it again and again. I mean everyone has a skill but there is certain things they use it for. some can be for learning quickly, reading, writing, running, skating, dirt biking, basketball, football, and etc. might not be easy to start but working your way up there and getting that skill it will become easier and easier to do. 

Block 15: Team Spirit 
"A genuine consideration for others. An eagerness to sacrifice personal interest of glory for the welfare of all" 

Reflection: I think this quote is very important having a team spirit will help your team out same with a group of people that like to be up there on top and that also like to be known as the best. also having a team spirit will help the team motivate them and as well as you as a person. also dealing with problems and finding out solutions you have to find out many things about your team and let them know not to fail. in order to compete with others you have to work together and find out ways to win. 

Block 17: Resourcefulness 
Proper Judgement 

Reflection: using proper judgement can help you out with making friends and having good people complimenting you back. many people have bad judgement towards others. they just want to act tough and think their cool. making good judgement of others can be very kind and caring of you, they just want to know what you think about how they dress or how you speak, and how you think. there is a lot of hatred in this world but there's only a small good amount people that know how to be judge-mental in a nice respectful way. I usually compliment people but because sometime i know or they know they are being good and respectful to me and if your not then you need to learn how to be and to talk to me. 

Block 18: Poise 
"Just being yourself. Being at ease in any situation." Graceful and elegant bearing in a person. 

Reflection: I think many people are themselves but just many have a bad attitude and others may have a good attitude and be judgeful about it. be grateful about being here in this world alive, it can't be a perfect world but someone may try to live it and they can make it a perfect life. I tend to rely on myself and mostly try not to think about others point of view. I don't like to get involved unless it's necessary. I'm on to a lot of things in my life and how to live it, I try to live it good and try to take risks, also to have fun. But I'm grateful for everything that I have but I don't really mind if I'm not perfect as others. 

Block 19: Confidence
"Respect without fear. May from being prepared and keeping all things in proper perspective."  
Reflection: Having confidence and being the best player in a sport or anything you will learn to have confidence in your self. you will defeat anyone with having confidence and you will always be winning no matter what. not having to doubt your self for any reason. you will become the best by doing that. knowing how to win and how to have confidence in your self you will have a positive mind attitude mentally. Also having confidence in school, jobs, working, anything you want to be you will make it with confidence. 

Block 20: Reliability 
" Creates respect"

Reflection: Having reliability can help you respect others in many ways. Also having reliability can help you create social people around you where you go and just have a talk with them. a nice respectful conversation. also being confident of learning the respect of others can help you out as well. saying like you have a friend that introduced you to another friend, and you decide you want to talk to him and meet him. after you show each other respect when you guys meet and start conversing with each other. and that's how you create respect as an example. 

Block 21: Fight 
Determine effort 

Reflection: having to have a fight for something you have to put effort in it, always have confidence in your self no matter what and also to win of course. it could be boxing, it can be motocross, football, soccer, even education everything is competitive and everyone wants to fight for first place to be on the top, to be the best in that sport or in that level skill of everything. you can't be afraid to fight sometimes you have to step up and show them what you got, let them know your not afraid of nothing, show them you got the talent and that you can actually do it and fight. fight for first place, fight to make your dream happen, fight for success. 

Block 22: Competitive Greatness 
"Be at your best when your best is needed. Enjoyment of a difficult challenge." 

Reflection: To be best at what you are to enjoy the challenges you get and to over come them. be the best at your sport that you are good at, also to achieve that goal. being confident of what you do and what your actions are. be responsible with your goal and try not to fail. be humble with it and compete with other people so they won't beat you to it. you have to be able to commit and not back down for nothing. always have a positive attitude of what you are doing. 

Block 23: Integrity 
Purity of intention 

Reflection: The thing about Integrity you have to do what is right, even in tough situations. like having to be in a sports team and contribute to the team and play right. also to make the right choices always being positive about playing or educating you and others. to learn to be responsible for your actions and to just do the right thing. paying attention to what you need to learn, having to deal with problems on your own, not having to fall down and take a fall without action. living life with integrity will help you and around others to become good citizens and to learn from each others mistakes. 

Block 24: Faith 
"Believe and Achieve"

Reflection: I think this quote means about believing in everything you do in life and to be sure about it. also believing in god, you have to have faith in something that means to you a lot. like having to fight for a job position or having to deal with problems at home, preparing for something that might come good into your life but you just have to believe and have total faith in it. mostly having a good mental mind set will help you gain faith and against everything you do in your daily life. have faith in god, he will save certain types of problems in your life, you just have to change the way you are to people and to yourself. also making promises to prove that you can better yourself in many ways. 

Block 25: Patience 
Good things take time

Reflection: I think this is a great quote, what I want to say is how great this is, Patience is the key to wait for good things to happen in your life. everyone will get their chance as long as you believe and acquire those goals. A lot of good things happen to you if you are struggling in life, maybe god will give a helping hand, it is a miracle when stuff like that happens and it has happened before with all types of different people. As long as you live a healthy life, good things will come your way. sometimes you might need that important thing for now but what if you need it later perhaps an emergency. Then you wait, patience is what you want to achieve better and be able to do your best. 

Pyramid of Success Final Reflection

All of these final blocks can specifically help you analyze different stuff in your life that you need top accomplish and make an effort at it. Also setting goals in the future so you can make your life easier as you grow up. The final blocks will benefit forever and whenever you need it. How I apply these blocks into my life I read them and I go back of what I did wrong or a mistake. I fix it because of reading my blocks and relating them into my life problems. One of the blocks that really helped me out is having Confidence and Faith in myself because I know I can do better and having faith with that I can believe more. I think other people should read about the blocks and having to think why is this important to be apart to your life. it can show you better and to be a grateful person. 

How to Win Friends and Influence People 

Six ways to Make People like You...

Rule 1: Become genuinely interested in other people. 

1) "Do this and you will be welcome anywhere." 

2) "You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you."

3) "Ask questions to other people, questions that they would enjoy answering." 

 I personally agree with this statement and this rule. because you can make friends and that interest you in a nice good way. friends that care about you and what you also say about them. have friends that have good influence, not bad influence. correct each others judgements or opinions about each other. have good talks with them, show them that you are grateful to them, and love them as the way ther are. give them good advice they'll use in the future, or when they need to use it. always help out and try to be fair with those friends. for me making friends is pretty easy but you have to know if you trust them or not, there is a lot of people that are two faces or don't care about you. it's always important too know someone that would really care. 

"friendship without interest is one of the rare and beautiful things in life"

Rule 2: Smile 

1) "Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, "I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you." 

2)"You don't feel like smiling? Then force yourself to smile." 

3)"It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign (witness or indication) of friends." 

I agree with this rule because it shows a lot of respect and what you care about others. being happy is one thing people might not get to be. some are stressed out in life, they don't smile at all when it comes to their daily routine. many other different people have may have a smile on their face almost every other day in their life. staying happy can really help out the negative stuff in your life of course. you can't always force someone to put a smile on one's face, it's just the matter of positive things you do to make that happen. putting a smile on someone else's face could take some time but at the end it would work out eventually and hope that it does. 

Rule 3: Remember names

1) "A man's name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in any language." 

2) "If you don't remember names, you are headed for trouble." 

 I agree with this rule because you neeed to find good people around you and remember there names so you could be able to talk to them again. not having to struggle looking for those good people. eventually have good hope for yourself and others too as well. remebering those good names will help you make more friends and get to hang out with them more often and to see each other. giving time to them, thety would care about you and others would remember your name as well, it's very nice knowing a lot of different types of people out there in the world some may be bad, some may be good. it's always good to know who are your favorites and some that are not get the bad negative people away from you. 

Rule 4: Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves. 

1) "If you aspire to be good conversationalist, be an attentive listener."

2) "Remember that the man you are talking to is a hundred times more interested in himself and his wants his problems than he is in you and your problems. 

this is a true thing to think about and remember about. this could help you a lot with remembering to be a good listener in school and with other people as well. a good listener always remembers how to listen and to pay attention, they take notes or just learn how to memorize things in their head most of the time. they use those skills too listen good and that's how they learn new things. Encourage others to learn how to talk about themselves having a nice simple conversation with them and friends. so they wont be so shy with others, need to be more sociable with people. having problems with others learning how to talk, maybe you could teach them a better way to start a conversation. 

Rule 5: Talk in terms of the other man's interest.

" The royal road to man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most." 

this is important to remember a man's interest in some things, you could talk about it about them and visualize what they like. many people don't really know how to take things especially men. some are just to serious about things and handle them way to unprofessional. some other men don't take it as serious, because they know how you want to learn about there interest. a lot of people have a heart with their passion and some don't want to stop loving their passion what they do in life. thats why they get motivated and they start working hard. get good jobs get money is what everyone loves to interest them. 

Rule 6: Make the other person feel important-- and do it sincerely. 

"The desire to be important is the deepest urge in human nature." (John Dewey)"Helping people feel important and appreciated works magic." 

I really agree with this rule it makes a lot of sense. making other people feel important could make them feel really good about them selves, trying to bring positivity to the world and to people. being nice to them, complementing, caring for them. doing the urge to be respectful to someone else could help the way you may talk to other people or family and friends. this is really important finding new friends and to learn to be polite. everyone should follow this rule, they will feel rewarded by doing this rule. you can do it, possibilities are endless. 

Final Reflection: What I feel about these 6 posts is that it is very important of what they say about doing good in life and how to prepare to talk to people you don't know. these rules are great advice for future reference. maybe this could help you learn of something of value. these 6 ways is for people to like your personality and to do well when talking to them. this would make my confidence level go up. just having to be positive about everything not to stress yourself about it. 

Ways to be Happy

Ways To Be 

9 ways to be Happy and Make Something of your life

Gordon B. Hinckley 

                                                       1. Be Grateful
\many people have been very ungrateful in their entire life. maybe is because they don't get the attention they have for themselves or anyone. being grateful and kind is a big part of giving back to to the people letting them know that everyone in this world cares. being very respectful, kind, enthusiastic, caring, loving, sharing etc. all these types of behavior to people will give them the respect and of being grateful to each other. not all people are grateful for what they have in life. they are just lonely, depressed and needs someone to cheer them up for once. we need nice and good people, so this world wont be fulled with ungrateful people.

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

The way this would apply to me is being grateful for my family, everything that has been given to me from people.

2. Be Smart

                       In order to be a smart person you have to behave in a good manner, listen really good to the teachers, also anything that most be important. there is a lot of different ways of being smart you just have to find those things. people don't realize how smart they are until they actually do something good, or just find what they're smart at. this means many people could be smart but some don't want to be or just end up being hateful to each other. you need to be smart and intelligent in this world many things are happening, not many people have the knowledge of what's going on. Therefore being a very smart person can help you with everything that happens in school or jobs, just out there in the real world. this is why its important to learn a lot from school, jobs etc. there's a lot of smart people out there and you just have to be one of them or try to beat them. 

"Intelligence is important, being smart matters, paying wise matters, but what matters being is humble and yourself."

the way how this applies to me is that being smart can mean a lot of things but what really matters is educating yourself and try to beat others. 

3.Be Involved in Good Works

                   being involved in good works can help you with a lot, good jobs, environments, having a great behavior and just being positive. many people do not want to be involved good things or activities, not a lot of people take that advantage and to be a good work person. this could be involved in sports as well, it is easy to be involved in good works. something that will help you figure out, fun times or just being a very respectful person in the office, living a good life. there is many things to be involved in, if there wasn't good works how else would you act, respond, respect, or behave. no one wants negativity it just brings bad vibes, ugly behavior, also bad mood. having integrity in good works, do what is right, even in tough situations. 

"To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act."

4. Be Clean 

being clean could mean in every different way. like saying not doing any drugs because that makes me a dirty looking person. you want to stay clean from your health and body. being a clean friend also refers to not being a mean person or acting dirty or disrespectful. this could also mean you are clean to god and your religion as well. many people that are religious can be very honest with each other and especially god. not using bad language to other people, having amount respect, learning how to be clean it's a process. some people may not be used to it, they find other ways to become clean. having a clean matter of sports, this could count as being clean, playing fair, playing by the rules, learning how to play. There is a lot of choices to be clean you just have to find that type of action and experience of how it works. then other people would look at you and say "wow you are a clean good person." It would always stick to you no matter what. 

"I am responsible for the quality of love and happiness in my life" 

5. Be True 

To be true you have to tell the truth to everyone and not be truthful about it. be true to your family, friends, love ones. and being a respectful person, telling the truth even though it's a bad choice you made, or a bad things you have done. or something good you had made in your life choice, how did you treat one of your friends, did you behave good in class, didn't get into any fights, or sad any bad language to the teacher. telling the truth could help you without being nervous or speechless. takes out emotions and makes you a more honest person. not being truthful can cause you more anger or make you a bad person, say that doesn't care about nothing in life and just treats others wrong and tells lies. there is a lot of people that don't say the truth, maybe they're shy or embarrassed about themselves. others don't mind about telling the truth they just love to be honest and want to be a better person. 

"Have the guts to be true to yourself.

nothing more." 

6. Be Positive 

being positive is to do behave good with your parents and other citizens. you need to be in a positive attitude at all times, choosing the right, complement others while they complement you back. making people smile and laugh with them, then everyone could be in a positive mood. having a good time. playing with your cousins, nephews, brothers or sisters. any one could be in a positive attitude in school, having to talk to friends, studying together, and having fun with them. if behaving bad and talking back to people how are you going to have friends or be apart of something. that's why being positive with people can help you be friends with other people also have good relationships with them. being positive can take a while to get used to, many don't want to be positive but its very important. 

"When everything feels like an uphill struggle; Just think of the view from the top." 

7. Be Humble

to be humble you have to get out of your comfort zone and be bold or brave say what you want to say, be yourself, show some of your talents. try to be friendly with other people be humble with them family as well, be proud of what you have. with your friends you could be very outgoing and just have fun in life with it. many people are humble in this world about what they want to know, what they want to learn, learn some good advice, and many more great opportunities. being polite to people, having self-respect, and just be gently with one another. just encourage yourself, encourage others to be humble as well. try to be very modest of how you do things, don't be too confident but do it well. that's what I think humble means from my perspective. 

"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self given. Be careful." 

8. Still

to be still you have to be patient and take a lot of things with precaution. mostly take things with care, treat others with respect. take everything slow and try to calm down there's no need to rush things, that's how people get hurt or make mistakes. if your going fast on everything you might make some bad decisions in life or soon. to be still with god and everyone around you. sometimes you got to meditate in some points in your life. breathing exercises and stretches, take a couple yoga classes or breathing classes as well. life is very short and hard sometimes but its not good to over do things you have certain limits and make sure to use them wisely. 

"Don't ever try to get inside my head it's too dark for you."

9. Be Prayerful 

I think Gordon B. Hinckley  has made an accomplishment about his 9 ways of being successful, but this particular one the last 9 way to be happy is mostly important than the other ones and different about it. praying is important if you are religious you might know how to pray already, and if your don't know how you could learn or tell your parents about it. having faith in god and angels around you, might have a good sense of having a good long life. also praying helps you go through tough times, you need to talk to some one about it. pray about being educated, being healthy, living longer, pray for your family, and to have good luck as well. a lot of people don't believe in god. that's okay it there is many people out there that are like that. my own personal statement about this, I have some faith and do believe in god, or there's points where I say i don't. different reality checks. but mostly i believe in commitment and to confidence I believe i have that ability to do anything. just always have fun and don't let anyone judge you, you came into this world to accomplish something, mostly goals. 

The 9 Ways concluding words by Gordon B. Hinckley

"There they are, nine Be's which, if observed, will bring handsome dividends to any young man or woman. they will add sparkle to your days and peace to your nights. they will save you from heartache and pain.

 they will bring purpose into your life and give direction to your energies. they will bring your friends of your own kind. they will protect you from associations that would pull you down and deflect you from your course.

 This is time to be happy. this is a time to feel joy and make friends and enjoy the best this life has to offer. What I have tried to put forth....are simply a few suggestions, gained from many years of living, to help you do just that. The world will tell that certain kinds of things will bring you happiness - things such as popularity and possessions and satisfying your baser desires.

 If today you find yourself only drifting as a leaf in a stream, get hold of yourself and determine you will do better.

 At railroad grade crossings, signs of warning were once common. Two cross arms were emblazoned with the words, "Stop, Look, Listen." They meant that a train could be roaring down the tracks and you had better be alert. 

I was riding a train in the Midwest years ago. I looked out the window to my left. A road ran parallel to the tracks. A car with a boy and a girl was speeding down the road a little faster than the train. The car moved ahead until I can no longer see it. Suddenly, the locomotive whistle sounded and the train screeched to a halt as the brakes gripped the wheels. We looked out the window on to the other side. There was a mangled car. Police cars soon converged, followed by the ambulance. The boy and girl were both dead. The road they were traveling crossed the tracks. they did not stop, look, or listen. It all happened in an instant.

The better way to Be is the way of these nine Be's 

The years will inevitably pass, and quickly. Today is your day of resolution. Promise yourself to make something good of (your) precious life."