The Pyramid of Success
                                                                John Wooden

Block 1: Industriousness
"There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning."
                       
          This means that you will be occupied with things to do, if you don't have anything to do just read a book or help around the house. When you're done with your homework why don't you finish work from other classes. Hard work is a big part of life those who work hard for things get the best because they worked for it. If you are working hard to get good grades you care about school because you are studying for tests.

Block 2: Enthusiasm
" It is the engine that powers all  blocks of the pyramid. It is why i chose industriousness and enthusiasm as the cornerstones of my pyramid of success. It is where everything begins."
             
               To have enthusiasm is having the ability to be serious about something. This is am intense enjoyment that you get and you are filled with passion. It is something good to have as a person don't surround yourself with negative people because they will take this away from you. Wake up everyday and have the energy and say you will accomplish things and you will do them. People without enthusiasm are boring because they don't know how to laugh and they are always stuck up that is why just laugh it is good. Your enthusiasm is how you enroll people in your vision so you can see someone with a big heart and then you can see the other all mean it stuff it all depends on how you see a person. Someone with enthusiasm finds opportunities everywhere because people like them, that is why we all should have this. This is the root of all good things successful people have a lot of it. CTR people are full of enthusiasm that is why they are always so cheerful because of this. If we all were like this not a lot of people would hate each other because you all are filled with playfulness. If you are a person that hides this don't because there is a lot of people that like this. You can always get a job because of this so don't hide it because it can benefit you for something.


Block 3:Friendship
"Comes from mutual esteem, respect and devotion. Like marriage it must not be taken for granted but requires a joint effort."

              Friendship is what you and your friends have, it is all about trusting each other. Friendship keeps people close and when things aren't good they still love each other because of their friendship. Life is better if you have friends by your side because they can help you with your problems and other stuff. Friendship means that you both will help another when you're at your lowest and they are like a therapist for you. Friends are good to have but you just have to hang out with the right crowed that way you won't be doing bad things. Friends can sometimes pressure you to do things you don'y want which is why you should only hang out with the right people. CTR people have a lot of friendships with good people and they help each other out to be good people. Having a ind friendship means you won't treat them bad but good.


Block 4 :  Loyalty
"To yourself and to all those depending upon you. Keep your self-respect."

    Having loyalty is a big commitment in a relationship, it means you both trust each other not to cheat or do anything that a loyal person wouldn't do. If you are a loyal person people would want to be around you all the time because you wouldn't do anything wrong to them. If someone is being loyal to you they are good people because not a lot of people are like this anymore. Loyalty is about people who stay true to you behind your back. Those who don't know how to value someone's loyalty are the ones that cost of betrayal.  Love comes wit loyalty you have to stay loyal to your partner and not leave them alone in anything. If you give loyalty out then you will get it back just like if you give love you will get love back. Someone who's is real to you in front of you is nothing compared to the person who will be loyal to you behind your back that is when you know they are worthy of your. trust.  If you are on bad terms with your friends or with your partner your loyalty shouldn't change because you are their friend for a reason right, so always be loyal and don't do anything to hurt them.


Block 5: Cooperation
"With all levels of your co- workers. Listen if you want to be heard. Be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way."

                 Cooperation is something we all have to put our parts on because we have to work with others. If you don't cooperate in a group and help no one will want to work with you so that is why it is important to put your part and cooperate. Cooperation doesn't always have to be in groups it can be at your home as well you can cooperate to help your mom with things she can't do. Also, helping your siblings can be a way of cooperation because you are helping them. Cooperation is about working together to either get things done or just helping each other out. Cooperation helps you socialize with new people and you are scared of doing that this is a good way to help with that fear.  Success comes for people who cooperate with others, this is why we all should cooperate.  If everyone were to put their parts and cooperate with one another this world would be a place without so much hate. If you cooperate you're a ctr person because people who cooperate are good.

Block 6: Ambition  (For noble goals)

     This is to have a desire to achieve something and to be successful. If you are a hard working person that only looks for hard work and will do anything to achieve that you are a person with ambition. Having intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings you can't do anything without it and you will not reach your goals without this. So if you want to be a successful person you should have ambition. Ambition is a good thing to have in life.
 
Block 7: Self- Control
"Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgement and common sense are essential."

                Self- control is about being able to control yourself and not do bad things. If someone is telling you to do drugs you have to control yourself and not say yes but say no to them.

Block 8: Alertness
"Be observing constantly. Stay open minded. Be eager to learn and improve."

         As a human we have to be alert for anything that happens because if we are waling you have to be alert and watch out for cars so that you won't get ran over. You have to be alert of who you hang out with because there is bad people in this world. Also, if your mom is having a  hard time with the bills you as her child should be more aware of these things and try to help her out. Something else

Block 9: Initiative
"Cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Do not be afraid of failure, but learn from it."
   Without initiative leaders are simple workers in leadership positions. This means that a person without this can't be a leader but someone boring. Initiative is doing the right thing without being told, you should know who and who not to hang out with. That is part of being a successful person when you are an adult you have to make your own choices and no one will help you out.

Block 10: Intentness
"Set a realistic goal. Concentrate on its achievements by resisting all temptations and being determined and persistent."
               This is about having to be focused on one thing and only that. If you are focused on being a ctr person you should only care about that because it is a good thing. To have intentness is to be hard working, you will work hard to do what will make you successful in life. This is something we all should have to be good people and not bad people. People with this are leaders and not followers. A lot of us have a hard time staying focused but we can get better at it by not having our minds get off topic. If you are thinking about something else your mind will get un focused.

Block 11: Sincerity (Keeps Friends)
           Is about being an honest person and staying true to your friends. People with sincerity are good people and they are kind to others. Without this people can't be trusted and no one will like them that is why we have to have sincerity to be good people. Sincerity is something you have to have in a marriage because you have promised to live your life with a person and only with them. You can't cheat on that person because that is being unfaithful to them and no one should be like that.

Block 12: Adaptability (To Any Situation)
                   This is having a Plan B for when plan A doesn't work then you're prepared to have something else. A person that has a lot of plans is a ctr person because they are prepared for when things do go out to be how they were supposed to be. It is important to always be prepared for anything because you never know, something can g wrong and you should have a back up. When you're doing a presentation you should always have another plan just in case.

Block 13: Condition
" Mental-Moral-Physical. Rest, exercise and diet must  be considered. Moderation must practiced. Dissipation must be eliminated."

    Conditioning can mean to work out and do exercise but, it can mean to condition your mind to work hard. This is a good thing to do because  we can become smart since our minds are  constantly working.

Bock 14: Skill
" A knowledge of and the ability to property and quickly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and cover every little detail."

     In life we all have to have good skills to become successful. People in the future want people to work for them that have a lot of potential and that have good skills. Everyone is goof at something, and we all have to work hard to do that so we can better our skills. This is why people who are athletic know how to play a lot of sports because they have good skills for different things. If you are good at computers that is a skill of yours, working with computers. Having a skill doesn't mean you have to be very good at something you can always practice to become better at that skill. Helping people can be a skill because it is something that you know how to do. This doesn't only have to be about talent but the fact that you know how to do something really good. Ctr people have a lot of skill that is why they are successful people, because they have a lot of potential to do good things. A skill is a strength we all have but, we all have different types of skills.

Block 15: Team Spirit
" A genuine consideration for others. An eagerness to sacrifice personal interests of glory for the welfare of all."
         Team spirit is about being a loud person with a voice. Having spirit is a good thing because it shows your inner self. This is about having social skills

Block 16: Honesty (in thought and action)
"Honesty is the best policy." (Ben Franklin)

                     Honest is a big part of who you are and the people you are honest wit. True friends are very honest with you and you to them and if they aren't your true friends they will not be honest with you. Honesty is part of trust, if you are not a honest person you are not trustworthy. Everyone who is honest is a good person because they don't say lies but they are honest which means they say the truth. In a relationship of there isn't no honesty then the relationship won't work out because it is only filled with lies. This is why not so many people last in a relationship because they aren't honest with each other. You also have to be honest with yourself you can't lie to yourself and think that things are good for you when they aren't. If you are a person that can't handle the truth then no one can be honest with you because of that. An honest person is a truthful person .

 Block 17: Resourcefulness
  “Make the most out of what you have.” (Anonymous)

"If you have a dream, if you have something you've always wanted to do, look within yourself because that is where resourcefulness resides; and go for it. (Jennifer Witterick)                                                            


                 This is having the ability to come up with cleaver ways to overcome difficulties. This is about having a good mind and using your own ideas to come up with something using your resources. This is like working with stuff that is right in front of you, you don't need anything else because it's right there for you. You have to have good thinking and know how to use those resources. This is a good thing to use for the future because if you are a person that knows how to use things that are the only things there then you are going to be successful. If you are a person that has difficulties using what is in front of you as a resource then that is a problem.  




Block 18: Poise
" Just being yourself. Being at ease in any situation."
                   This means that you should be yourself and if you are confronting a situation because then real stuff will come out. Everyone should be their selves because it is important to be a true person to you and to others.

Block 19:  Confidence
"Thorough preparation breeds confidence."

              Confidence is a big part of who we are because it gives us bravery. Without confidence no one will be able to do things out of their comfort zone, it is important to have confidence in yourself  because then you will do the things you want to do. People who lack of confidence are always trying to put themselves down because they don't believe in themselves. It is important to be confident because if you are taking a test and studied for it then you should be confident and know that you will pass. Confident people always succeed in life because they have confidence in themselves and what they do, which is why we all should have confidence. If you have confidence you will not let dumb people's words get in your head because you know you aren't those things they say you are. I have confidence in myself which is why it is hard for peoples words to get to me. I think if people don't have confidence they are nothing because that is something we all need to have. Anyone can have confidence you just need to believe in yourself and you will. CTR people have a lot of confidence that is why they are good people and they are successful. Being confident will not hurt you or others but if you are not confident it will hurt you because you will not believe in yourself.


Block 20: Reliability (Creates Respect)
                     
           This is the ability to being trustworthy  or to perform constantly well. A person with reliability is a person that people want to hire because they are truthful people and will not tell lies. If you are a person with reliability then a lot of people will want to be wit you because you don't cause any trouble and you are trustworthy of. CTR people are reliable people that is why a lot of people trust them. If you want to be a reliable person just tell the truth and people will know to trust you. Everyone has the ability to be reliable you just don't have to tell lies and your good. This is an important block because you will need reliability in the future. Being a reliable person makes people want to trust you with things because they trust you.


Block 21: Fight (determined effort)

                    This means that  you should fight to put in effort into something. You have to fight for what you want in life it is not physical fighting put fighting as in working hard to get what you want. As humans we have to fight for what we want it doesn't come easy to us. In the future you will not get a job  that easy because maybe there might be a person applying to the same as job as you but they are better than you that is why you have to fight for your spot. This is a good bock to us in the future because when you are alone no one else is going to be fighting for you. You have to fight for yourself and do good in life. Many successful people have fought to get to where they are now and that is a good thing to do that is why they are successful. If you are a person that doesn't let themselves from others and you do yourself and you fight for your things you will do good in the future because you know how to be successful.


Block 22: Competitive Greatness
"Be at your best when your best is needed. Enjoyment of a difficult challenge"
         
                    Greatness always goes a long way you just have to do it. Being competitive in life is a good thing but not always. There should be a time to be competitive and when it is you should go for it and compete. Being competitive is something we all will do sometime in life and we have to be ready to do it.


Block 23: Integrity (Purity of intention)
         
                     Integrity is about having honesty and having strong moral principles. This can show a lot from a person. If you are a person with integrity then you are a trust worthy person and this is a good thing because you can get a lot of people to like you this way. 


Block 24: Faith (through prayer)
Believe and Achieve. Positive belief.
           
                     You have to have faith in life and good things will come for you. Have faith when things aren't going so well but they will get better if you pray to the lord and always have faith. Without having faith people are more ruined because they don't have or believe that something will turn out well.


Block 25: Patience (good things take time)
               
                    Patience is a god thing to have because things don't have to be rushed, if you wait you will get good things out of it. If you are in a relationship and that significant other tells you to wait you should be patient and wait, if you incest you will not get nothing out of that. We should all have patients to avoid violence and other things.



Final Reflection

            To start off all these blocks are a good way to become successful in life., if you use these blocks they will bring you nothing but good. Block 24 talks about Faith so you have to have faith in life because if you don't then you will not have something to depend on. Having confidence is something we should all have so that way we can do good things for are selves and not be ashamed of them. Loyalty is one of the blocks to become successful, having loyalty means that you will not be fake to one of your friends and talk stuff behind their backs. Loyalty is something you have to have in marriage because if you don't then things will not work out. Friendship is a thing that you have with people you can be yourself with, the thing is that if you don't want friendship you don't have to have it but it will be good to have friendship that way you don't feel so lonely.