How to be Remarkable #13: Be wise

On February 16, 2025  By thesuccessmanual   Topic: Remarkable, Quotes

This guide belongs to 100 Ways To Be Being Remarkable  Series, a special project that brings you business and self-development advice from The Success Manual.

How to be wise in 4 simple steps
1. Consider your actions.
Ask yourself: Is this right?

2. Clean your reputation.

3. Limit yourself.
Your choices. Your needs and wants.

4. Stay calm.
Soon, it would pass.

Exercise #1
If you could do one thing right now...
What would it be and why?

Exercise #2
Developing, and living with, a set of principles that guide your decision-making throughout life.

THAT'S NOT MY JOB
(aka Who's To BlameWhose Responsibilityand The Everybody Somebody Anybody Nobody Story - take your pick...)

This is a story about four people: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it.
Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.
Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did.
Somebody got angry (about that) because it was Everybody's job.
Everybody knew that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Somebody wouldn't do it.
And (/It ended up that) Everybody blamed Somebody because (/when) Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
or the alternative last line:
And (/It ended up that) Everybody blamed Somebody because Nobody actually asked Anybody.

- Anon. Various

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