The truly loving person smiles and understands when his spouse, his children, or his employees make a mistake.

Criticize important people in your life and you expose your ignorance about making and keeping positive and healthy relationships. Establish, instead, positive and healthy relationships by leading way, setting positive examples, listening closely to what they say and don't say, and showing your spouse, children, or employees your love for them.

Actions speak louder than words, they say. And your positive actions will show others that you truly care about them, not their mistakes.

When your positive message is frequent and consistent, it will motivate others to follow your lead.

Train yourself to see them not as people who make mistakes, but as totally whole images who are capable of so much more.

Remember: When you maximize your potential, everyone wins. When you don't, we all lose. © MMIV, Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW

Look in mirror. Tell yourself that you really and truly love yourself and that you really and truly forgive yourself for all of your shortcomings. Give yourself permission to make mistakes. After all, you are human. Tell yourself that you believe in yourself. You’re gonna make it and that God is on your side, and if God is for you, who can be against you? (Romans 8:31)

It will feel really awkward for a while until you get used to hearing and seeing yourself speak to yourself this way, but it works. You self-esteem will improve dramatically!

Most people don’t realize that a lot of reason we feel way we feel is because of way we think. Our thoughts produce our feelings. You will obviously perform much better when you feel good about yourself than if you keep thinking you’re a failure.

If we’re ever going to be successful in life we must love ourselves. We must feel deserving of success in order to have it and enjoy it. You must be your own best friend and you must love yourself before you can love anyone else! (Mark 12:31)