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Mental Health America
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Secrets to Happiness
Leadership

SMILE!
Things look better through a grin.

  • Live beneath your means and within your seams.
  • Return everything you borrow.
  • Stop blaming other people.
  • Admit it when you make a mistake.
  • Give all the clothes you haven't worn in the last three years to charity.
  • Every day do something nice and try not to get caught.
  • Listen more, talk less
  • Every day, take a 30-minute walk in your neighborhood.
  • Skip two meals a week and give the money to the homeless.
  • Strive for excellence, not perfection.
  • Be on time.
  • Don't make excuses.
  • Don't argue.
  • Get organized.
  • Be kind to people.
  • Be even kinder to unkind people.
  • Let someone cut ahead of you in line.
  • Take time to be alone.
  • Cultivate good manners.
  • Be humble.
  • Understand and accept that life isn't always fair.
  • Know when to say something and know when to keep your mouth shut.
  • Don't criticize anyone for 24 hours.
  • Learn from the past, plan for the future, and live the present.

Don't sweat the small stuff. (And remember, it's all small stuff!)