Overlook Your Outlook?

I came across this great list from Wally Amos of cookie fame and apparently quite a published author on the subject of success.  The list resonated in my ears and was a priceless piece of daily download to implement into a game plan for life.  The lists are excerpts from The Path to Success is Paved with Positive Thinking by Wally Amos, 2008.

The Keys to an Optimistic Outlook


1.  Stop being your own worst enemy.  Be your own best friend.
2.  Don't put yourself down.  Pull yourself up.
3.  Don't permit others to define who you are.  You cannot be a failure without your own consent.
4.  Respect yourself.  Place a high value on yourself.
5.  Take stock of who you are and what you're capable of.  Work on weaknesses and find new strengths every day.
6.  Replace "I can't" with "I can" and "I will."
7.  Treat yourself generously, the way you want others to treat you.
8.  Be compassionate.  Love yourself, and others will love you.
9.  Remember that you are an individual expression of God.  As a work of God's art, you are priceless and irreplaceable.
10.  Visualize what you want from life, then work toward it.  See it, then be it.
11.  Allow time to be by yourself, with yourself.  Take time to appreciate yourself.
12.  Enjoy your uniqueness.  Out of all the billions of people since the beginning of time, there has never been, and never will be another you.
13.  Realize that you are important to the entire world; what happens to the world begins with you.

Number 3 is a laser isn't it.  So many things wrapped up into a simple statement.  I believe that 3 could be the most encompassing of all the statements.  To me its personal choice and from that, all others stem.

Number 10 is powerful as well.  The concept of thoughts are things, basic goal setting, visualizing what it will be like to be in the space of your goals and then starting to operate in that space of your being.

What do you think are most compelling or least for that matter?