Foundations for a good week
GO-COUNTER. Take yourself by surprise. Decide that situations that would usually “get your goat” will rather stimulate your growth. Begin your week with a bird’s-eye view of your life. See the whole rather than the challenging details.
Have a plan. Planning and deciding what kind of person you will be is even more important than planning your weekly schedule of events. It is possible to decide how you will behave even under trying circumstances. It is possible to make an emotional blueprint for the week. Decide things such as: I will be forgiving. I will leave room for others to be as imperfect as I am. I will try not to over or under-react in trying circumstances. I will listen more than I speak.
Tip well. Tipping is not about the service or the food. It is about you. You decide how generous and kind you will be under all circumstances. Regular healthy tipping trains your eye for a generous lifestyle. The only question I sometimes ask is if tips end up in the hands of servers. Regrettably, there are some establishments that do not pass the whole tip on to those for whom it is intended.