President Theodore Roosevelt once said, ” A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.” I believe that President Roosevelt made this statement because the Bible teaches you about character. Often, character can take you where you want to go in life more so than anything else. There are three personality traits that will get you on the road to where you want to go. You can have anything you want today, if you develop these three traits. Two of them are discussed many times in the Bible. One of them is something I have learned about from experience.
Humility
Humble is the noun form of the adjective “humble. Dictionary.com defines humble as ” not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.” Matthew 23 :12 reads: ” … he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”
Often people who are in higher positions want to help those who have a modest opinion of themselves. Little is more off putting than someone who thinks too highly of himself or herself, but someone who is great, yet modest about their accomplishments– that person is hard to find, and most people know it. When you have humility, you are less likely to offend anyone and people will naturally want to help you and be nice to you.
Most people would not agree that humility is a good personality trait to have. The last thing people want to be is a person who puts themselves “beneath” other people, but if you are not aware of the concept of reaping and sowing, perhaps you might be aware of karma: what goes around comes around. If you humble before people, people will be humble before you and give you whatever you want.
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.”
–Blaise Pascal
“Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.”
Patience
If you have ever heard of the quote “Good things come to those who wait,” and have experienced evidence of that, you know that patience is one of the top personality traits for getting what you want. What do you really want? What do want at this moment? The two have nothing to do with one another. Dictionary.com defines “patience” as “quiet, steady perseverance; even-tempered care; diligence. ”
“There was a time when Patience ceased to be a virtue. It was long ago.”
” One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.”
Chinese Proverb
Charm
Dictionary.com defines “charm” as “a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty.” Not everyone has charm, but it sure is something that you can fake. With charm you have the power to cause people to like you and enjoy being in your company. If you are not that sociable, at least you will have the power to get people to do things for you. Charm is not deceit. Charm can be a sincere personality trait. It’s a combination of kindness and cuteness. It’s a mix of happiness and politeness. Get it?
To be charming, you need to want to please others sincerely, and before you know it—karma!
As an example of how you can use the above the personality traits to get what you want, observe the following situation. You want to be twenty pounds lighter. You meet the dozen fresh-from-the-bakery chocolate chip cookies your husband has brought into the house and you just had a horrible day at work.
Here’s how you make your way to getting what you want. Humbly admit that you have a problem and have a hard time resisting those cookies. Do not touch the cookies and patiently wait for your husband to get home. Charmingly tell him that you really need him to help you by not bringing things like that into the house. Then, patiently wait for him to acquiesce. There you have it, you are on your way to losing twenty pounds and getting whatever else you want!
