How to Live The Power Life

1. The Power Life
By Dan Forbes

2. Always give your best
“To give anything less than your best
is to sacrifice the gift.”
– Steve Prefontaine

3. Live by the Platinum Rule
• Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would
have them do unto you."
– implies the basic assumption that other people
would like to be treated the way that you would
like to be treated.
• Platinum Rule: "Treat others the way they
want to be treated.“
– "let me first understand what they want and then
I'll give it to them."

4. Always Keep Your Word
• Keep your promises and always over-deliver.
“I will come for you. No matter how long it
takes, no matter how far – I will come.”
Nathaniel to Cora in The Last of the Mohicans
A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabian
Proverb
Each morning I gaze at the eastern horizon, and
if the sun keeps its promise, I keep
mine. ~Robert Brault

5. Choose to be a Person of Character
Treat others with honesty, fairness & kindness.
“Be more concerned with your character than your
reputation. Your character is what you really are while
your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
- John Wooden

6. Be an Encourager
• Don’t criticize, condemn
or complain.
• Always speak positively
to and of others.
• Whenever you make a
complaint, realize you
are setting an intention
— a goal — for the
future.

7. Learn from every experience, even
failure.
I have not failed. I've just
found 10,000 ways that
won't work. ~Thomas
Edison
Try again. Fail again. Fail
better. ~Samuel Beckett
Failure doesn't mean you
are a failure... it just
means you haven't
succeeded yet. ~Robert
Schuller

8. Always Get Back Up When You Fall
Down
In the battle between the
rock and the river, the
river always wins. Not
because it is bigger or
stronger, but through the
power of persistence.
Failure will never
overtake me if my
determination to succeed
is strong enough
– Og Mandino

9. Do The Right Thing
• Anything worth doing is
worth doing right.
• Always strive to do the
right thing and then to
do things right.
• Do it right the first time.

10. Have a “Whatever it takes” attitude
• “That’s not my job,” will not be part of my
vocabulary.
• "I believe you have two choices in life when it
comes to dealing with adversity. You can play
the victim or you can get up, get out
there, and do something for yourself."
- Doug Fortenberry

11. Live, Work and Play Enthusiastically
Dance like nobody’s watching;
Love like you’ve never been hurt.
Sing like nobody’s listening
Live like it’s heaven on earth.

12. Dan Forbes
Leadership & Relationship Building Expert, Speaker,
Consultant, Connector, Coach
941-779-8825
danvforbes@gmail.com
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