Daily Reading - Allen James' Daily Guide to Success series - "A Man's Daily Guide to Success"

Our reading from Allen James' Daily Guide to Success series for March 19th comes from "A Man's Daily Guide to Success" and reads, "Appreciate the opinions of others".

Allen James' Daily Guide to Success calendar books series, "is the result of a culmination of daily thoughts which each of us can draw from to grow in our day to day journey through life. APPLYING these can aide in our attaining a fulfilling, positive experience to personal success" (James, 2012).

Notice the key word from the back cover of ALL Allen James calendar books, "APPLY". Without making application of the book's daily readings they become nothing but words. Without action they are as the Holy Bible says about faith, "Faith without works is dead" (James 2:17, Holy Bible, King James Version). These books are meant to be used. If not they become nothing but a dust collector on a shelf or coffee table.

In appreciating the opinions of others we do two things; helps us grow in our understanding, knowledge and appreciation of other human beings and helps others express themselves and come to accept they have worth outside of themselves.

There are four critical aspects of "self" which stand in the way of our appreciation of others' opinions:

Jealousy: We cannot appreciate and support others when we are jealous of others.

We must work to erase jealousy from our minds, hearts and souls in order to appreciate and give support.

Ignorance attitude: Today we live a better life in many aspects, but why we are living a better life? Many times we fail to acknowledge the role others' opinions have played in our being who we are. If we are so ignorant about others' influence in our lives, we cannot truly appreciate their opinions.

We must work to rise above ignorance. Many times ignorance comes due to our lack of using our brain's analytical power.

Callous attitude: Intentionally or unintentionally. many of us are too callous of others. We must cultivate personal relationships.
Man is a social animal and we each need support, appreciation and recognition.

Again, when we open up our hearts to appreciate others, it not only adds to our lives, but theirs as well. Appreciation should be heartfelt; from the soul.

Appreciate the opinions of others. Keep looking up. : ) AJ