Thanks...My Pleasure

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 18: Giving As A Way Of Life Material success is much more likely to come to those willing to give some of their wealth away. A Hindu proverb states, "They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing." The positive feeds on the positive. Giving leads to greater giving and becomes a way of life. Thanksgiving inspires giving, not only in the person who is thankful but in the one who hears the thanksgiving. Each of us should cultivate a feeling of gratitude. Try to find opportunities each day to compliment the people you...

Key Points: There are three things you should know about those of us who are directionally challenged. We don't get lost on purpose.  You never really know when it happens. The road I'm on always determines where I end up.  What is so obvious to those watching often escapes us. Others would and could tell us, you should have seen this coming, and what you couldn't see coming you should have been prepared for. Questions to ask: Are there disconnects in your life? Are there discrepancies between what you desire in your heart and what you are doing with your life? Is there alignment between your intentions and your direction? I hope you will have the wisdom to know which path to choose and the courage to stay the course. 

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 17: Receiving Strength Through Prayer   Giving thanks to God provides believers with a strength that can raise them to new heights of performance and insight. No matter what you do in life--enrolling to college, getting married, buying stock, doing a tax return, extracting a tooth--you will do it better if you start with prayer. Clarity can be the biggest thing needed in life for some, it must first start by asking, that begins with prayer. Exercises to enhance prayer: Pray Frequently Pray God will use you as a c...

Goldfish & Technology Our world is covered head to toe with technology. Some are beneficial and sometimes life-saving, while others are for pure entertainment. According to Statista, 36% of the world's population in 2019 is projected to own a smartphone. With these connectable devices come an influx of data from the internet, as well as a social status that keeps us in the know. These devices can also be a curse to be reckoned with if not taken seriously. Technology can negatively impact our ability to be social humans through our daily habits, our overall health, and our ability to connect and relate to society around us. Let's look further to why these mini-computers in our pockets can ultimately lead to the loss of our human touch. Three psychologists from the Department of Psychology at Temple University claimed, “While smartphones and related mobile technologies are recognized as flexible and powerful tools that, when used prudently, can augment human cognition,...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 16: Maximizing The Power Of Your Faith   Successful and happy people will try to express their empathy in all circumstances. This means putting yourself inside the minds and hearts of others and feeling the effect your words and attitudes will have on them.  It is wise to say, give me the courage to improve what I can improve, the patience to endure what I cannot improve, and the wisdom to tell the difference between the two. "Never write down what you don't want published. Whatever you say or write should be intended to...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 15: Loving As The Essential Ingredient 99% of people mean well when you encounter them or vice versa. Understanding that all your daily relationships should be out of agape love (unconditional love) then you will understand people. Only when you experience this true love towards people and speaking to them based on their potential, not their current circumstances,  you will succeed.  You never can tell the depth of the well by the length of the handle of the pump. Just because they may look, act, or interact differen...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 14: Controlling Your Thoughts For Effective Action We're not products of circumstances or accident; we're products of what we think. Our thoughts influence our words, our deeds, what other people think of us, and whether or not they want to do business with us. "You can do everything with the thoughts of your mind. They are under your absolute control. You can direct them. You can coerce them. You can hush them or crush them. You can dissolve them and put others in their place. There is no other spot in the universe where man h...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 13: Progressing Onwards and Upwards Change should be seen not as a problem but as a challenge--a form of progress that will lead to better methods for producing results. The more we learn, the more we realize how ignorant we were in the past and how much more there is to still discover. It is important to examine your field in a world context because your mind will grow more open and flexible if you understand what has happened under different circumstances in other cultures. Points to Consider:  The ability to handle chang...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 10: Making Time Your Servant  You must have the ability to be the master of time and not its slave. Promptness is putting the others first. It tells others that you have regard for them, that you refuse to waste their time. Many people in business or any line of work for that matter have a Manana attitude. You have an assignment, proposal, or project due on Friday at noon. People with this Manana attitude will put these projects off until tomorrow. It was due at noon and they turn it in at five, or maybe on Monday. The ...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 9: Utilizing Two Principles of Success Practice honesty and perseverance Perseverance in all of your daily activities leads to the formation of an orderly mind instead of one that is full of loose ends. It leads to a mind that is purposeful and capable of planning ahead. It leads ultimately to success in life because the habit of sticking to a given task, having now taken an interior form, helps you convey facts more accurately and quickly. Honesty is the way you interact with people around you and those you have close relations w...

Key Points: People like to pass along practical, useful information. News others can use. When writer and editor William F. Buckley Jr. was asked which single book he would take with him to a desert island, his reply was straightforward: "A book on shipbuilding." Useful things are important. If Social Currency is about information senders and how sharing makes them look, Practical Value is mostly about the information receiver. It's about saving people time and money or helping them have a good experience. The way people actually make decisions often violates standard economics assumptions about how they should make decisions. The Rule Of 100 If anything priced is over $100, the controversial deal will be shown in dollars instead of a percentage to show you how many physical dollars you are saving. If anything priced under $100, the controversial deal will be shown as a high percentage instead of dollars off to show you how high of a percentage you saved. ...

Key Points: When we care, we share. Sharing emotions also help us connect. It highlights our similarities and reminds us how much we have in common. Emotion sharing is thus a bit like social glue, maintaining and strengthening relationships.    Whether it's a digital product, like Google, or a physical product, like sneakers, you should make something that will move people. People don't want to feel like they're being told something--they want to be entertained, they want to be moved. Awe: It's the experience of confronting something greater than yourself. Awe expands one's frame of reference and drives self-transcendence. It encompasses admiration and inspiration and can be evoked by everything from great works of art or music to religious transformations, from breathtaking natural landscapes to human feats of daring and discovery. Awe is a complex emotion and frequently involves a sense of surprise, unexpectedness, or mystery. Arousal: Arousal is a ...

Key Points:  Marketing is about spreading love. Interesting products get talked about more than boring ones. Products can be interesting because they're novel, exciting, or confound expectations in some way.  As we discussed in the Social Currency chapter when we talk to others, we're not only communicating information; we're also saying something about ourselves. Word Of Mouth: Some word of mouth is immediate, while some are ongoing. Immediate Word of Mouth Occurs when you pass on the details of an experience, or share new information you've acquired, soon after it occurs. Ongoing Word of Mouth Covers the conversations you have in the weeks and months that follow. The movies you last month or the vacation you took last year.  Both types of word of mouth are valuable, but certain types are more important for certain products or ideas. But stimuli in the surrounding environment can also determine which thoughts and ideas are top of mind. Sights, sme...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 8: Creating Your Own Luck There are many people who feel that success depends on the flip of a coin. And, of course, chance is involved in anything we do--things like timing enter in, for instance. But good luck always seems to arrive when you've worked hard and prepared for success.  "I am a great believer in luck the harder I seem to work, the more of it I seem to have." By working extremely hard and persevering through obstacles you can create your own luck because luck is what happens when preparation meets oppo...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 6: Finding The Positive In Every Negative   You must be a positive person in life to succeed in life. "When you look at the world in a narrow way, how narrow it seems! When you look at it in a mean way, how mean it is! When you look at it selfishly, how selfish it is! But when you look at it in a broad, generous,, friendly spirit, what wonderful people you find in it! "I can complain because rosebushes have thorns or rejoice because thornbushes have roses. It is all how you look at it." If you forget about trying to acq...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean?  How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 4: Putting First Things First All of us believe in virtue, (showing high moral standards) but few of us give much thought on the varieties of virtue that exist in our lives every day. The purpose of the Templeton Plan is to help people become successful in the full sense of that word. No matter what career you might embark on, success comes from knowing the importance of the virtues.  Here is the start of a list of important virtues that you can add or change as you produce your own. Gentleness- humility- sel...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 3: Helping Yourself By Helping Others The word ministry can be perceived in many different ways. In truth, a ministry is everything productive that you can accomplish in life. Your ministry is also your livelihood, so choose carefully. Make sure you love what you do, by taking the attitude that it should be done on behalf of others.  As a giver, a helper, you are much more likely to be successful than the person who works simply to earn a living.  The great ministry is not to build yourself into a model but to help others...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 2: Using What You Have Wasted lives are never successful lives It is important not to let a day go by without learning the meaning of an unfamiliar word, without a new insight, without experiencing a fresh taste, thought, or sensation.  Those who are going to get ahead, who will achieve success, will refuse to waste their moments. Whether it be on the bus ride to work, or the car ride to the mall. They will study, They will read, write, or listen to a podcast. They will use their time, to and from school or work, for self-impr...

This new book is called The Templeton Plan: 21 Steps to Personal Success and Real Happiness. By Sir John Templeton. The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life?  How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 1: The Laws of Life The world operates on spiritual principles, just as it does on the laws of physics and gravity. Our inner life is saved or lost to the extent that we obey or disobey the laws of life. There are 12 laws of life: Truthfulness is a law of life. Your word is your bond. People of character would never promise something and then go back on their word.  Reliability is a law of life . If so...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? John Templeton is a wall street guru who invested in the stock market back in the 1940s in the thick of the depression. These 21 steps to success and happiness are for your financial, spiritual, and emotional self. Each one of these steps could be used by an individual to provide their maximum potential in today's economy. Here now, day by day are the 21 principles to success and real happiness. Enjoy!!

Key Points: The more we can see people in terms of their unseen potential, the more we can use our imagination rather than our memory. Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be. The more proactive you are (Habit 1), the more effectively you can exercise personal leadership (Habit 2) and management (Habit 3) in your life. The more effectively you manage your life (Habit 3), the more Quadrant 2 renewing activities you can do (Habit 7). The more you seek first to understand (Habit 5), the more effectively you can go for synergetic Win/Win solutions (Habit 4 and 6). The more you improve in any of the habits that lead to independence  (Habit 1,2, and 3), the more effective you will be in interdependent situations (Habits 4, 5, and 6). And renewal (Habit 7) is the process of renewing all the habits. Understanding the power of scripting in our own lives, we feel a renewed desire to ...

Thoughts to Ponder: There are two types of people/athletes: those who seek awards, admiration, and other such accolades above all else, and those who truly love their sport or job and are driven to find out how well they can play or succeed in work. A central concept for becoming a champion is to battle against your best. The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.  "To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life." Success is a piece of mind. Our entrenched self-limiting beliefs are often the biggest barrier to overcome. Realize that the world is full of experts who have been proven wrong. If you want to find someone to doubt you, the search won't take long nor be difficult. Believe in yourself even if you are the only one who believes in you.  Failure can be a great teacher. The arrow that hits the bulls-eye is the result of 100 mi...

Thoughts To Ponder: Playing so as not to lose is rooted in fear. Playing to win is based on confidence. You have to be willing to fail and fall flat on your face in order to get glory. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising each time we fall.  Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. Don't be somebody you're not.  During practice and preparation, make sure to keep the focus on the process of improvement. When things go wrong or you feel the pressure increase, everything usually speeds up. If your inclination is to rush, remind yourself to slow it down in order to avoid making errors. Don't overestimate your defeats. Do not undervalue your successes either. Your job is to do what you have been coached to do by carrying out specific assignments with the right attitude to the best of your abilities. Recall that thoughts determine feelings, and then feelings influence performance.  Regardless of your comp...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success?  Step 12: Conserving Your Resources To Best Advantages Thrift, the quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully, is the key point that John Templeton is trying to implement. Through thriftiness and patience, we can wait for the right opportunity or deal to shine through. By having patience we learn what it means to be thrifty. To start being thrifty we must save towards that which is important.  Questions to ask yourself: Do you save something of every paycheck? Do you make a budget? Do you live ...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 11: Giving The Extra Ounce The difference between the super successful athletes, companies, and people is the extra ounce that is given. To go a step further than is required will increase the likelihood of becoming successful.  Develop your talents to your utmost ability, by doing so others will see you as your worth and you will be compensated for it.  Do not tell others of how you can overperform in a certain deal. Instead, sell yourself short so that you may work above and beyond. There is no need to oversell yoursel...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner:  What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 7: Investing Yourself In Your Work Men do not break down from overwork but from worry and dissipation.  We live in a credit economy and an advertising culture that advises us to buy now and pay later. At best this is a dubious proposition. The underlying philosophy-a dangerous one- is that we accept gratification before we've earned it. Success depends more on how you develop your talents that how many talents you have. Points to Study Further: An idea is only an idea until you subject it to hard work. Search for way...

Key Points: Habit 3 is the personal fruit, the practical fulfillment of Habits 1 and 2.  It is the exercise of independent will towards becoming principle-centered. The basic of Habit 3 is this; if you are an effective manager of yourself, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will.  "The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don't like to do. They don't like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinate to the strength of their purpose. Organize and Execute Around Priorities: There are 4 quadrants where our time is divvied up. The first quadrant is important and urgent and must be dealt with. The second is important but not urgent. The third is urgent but not important. And the fourth is neither important or urgent.  We must try to live our lives in the second quadrant; important and not urgent. The challenge is not to manage time but to manage ourselves. Satisfaction...

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner: What do these ideas really mean? How do they apply to my own life? How can I use their meaning in achieving success? Step 5: Achieving Happiness By What You Do "I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The only ones among you will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve." "No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has." "Try to forget yourself in the service of others. For when we think too much of ourselves and our own interests, we easily become dependen...