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PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS

Identify principles to guide your life

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The Personal Commandments tool prompts you to identify the overarching principles that you want to guide your actions and thoughts. Making a concise list of your Personal Commandments is an excellent exercise in reflecting and articulating what you think are the most important values.

If you make your Personal Commandments public, you can inspire other people, as well.

PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS  

  • Accept the fact that what is fun for you is not fun for most others you know.

PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS  

  • Weekly yoga is a bare minumum necessity.

PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS  

  • "Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, strife ceases." Do not buy in to ill-will at work.

PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS  

  • love me

PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS  

  • Do what you love and you will find someone who loves the same thing. Don't look for love, beg for love or suffer for love. Just Live.

PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS  

  • Be only around people that ADD things/value to your life

PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS  

  • I will stay true to my own opinions, even in the face of conflict.
  • I will set boundaries assertively with my co-workers.
  • I will let the people I date get to know who I really am.
  • I will practice mindfulness for 5 minutes at the beginning of each day.

PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS  

  • You can't change other people

PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS  

  • Going to the gym is never a bad idea

PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS  

  • Be Patte
  • Take responsibility
  • Do it yourself
  • Own only what is useful, beautiful or loved
  • Am I improving compared to me?
  • Enjoy the journey
  • Marriage is a choice