One of the secrets(秘诀)of successful people is that they have good habits. The good habits help them to be successful. What are good habits? How can you get into good habits? Here is some advice for you.

First, everyone has his good points(优点).You should always look for the good points in people and learn from them.

Second, you should try to learn good new things every day. Reading a few pages of a book or newspaper every day also helps you.

Third, tell yourself you are good. When you get up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror(镜子)and tell yourself you can do things well.

I think the last one is the most important. No matter what good habits you want to have, you should try to keep them，work hard everyday. Then you can live a successful and happy life.

You wake up in the morning, the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time.Then the telephone rings, you say hello, and the drama starts. The person on the other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to. You are still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!

Communicating with negative people can wash out your happiness. It may not change what you think, but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time.

Life brings ups and downs, but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer. They only feel glad when they make others feel bad. No wonder they can hardly win others' pity or respect.

When you communicate with positive people, your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted. When the dagger of a negative person is put in you, you feel the heavy feeling that all in all, brings you down.

Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people. This could be a co-worker, or a relative. In this case, say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person, but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they won't feel ashamed of themselves about that.

Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized. The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to you throughout the rest of your day, which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness. Life is too short to feel negative. Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible.

 Getting into the habit of giving and receiving helps build good relationships. It makes us feel more care. It stops stress from building because we know someone else is thinking about us. And if there is a problem, we're sharing it before it gets too big. It just feels great to help.

   Try these small things at home, and see how they make you feel:

   ▲ Help your little brother or sister with a homework problem.

   ▲ Help your morn prepare dinner.

   ▲ Help your dad carry living goods (物品).

   ▲ Offer to do a chore that's not usually yours.

   There's more to it than just feeling good: kindness is contagious (有感染力的). It can create more kindness, so you might start to notice your friends reaching out to help more.

   Just don't fall into the trap (陷阱) of expectation. If we help out only because we expect other persons to do something in return (回报), we will probably end up feeling disappointed and angry instead of feeling satisfied and happy. So decide to help simply because of the helpful feelings it creates. Then, when someone else does something nice for you, it's a wonderful surprise.

   Giving and receiving is one of the most basic friendship skills. With a good network (关系网) of supportive people, we are less stressed. We feel loved and understood, so we're better able to solve problems, bounce (弹) back from disappointments and try again.

 Sometimes people come into your life and you know at once that they were sure to be there.They serve some certain purpose，teach you a lesson or help find out who you are or who you want to become.You never know who these people may be：your classmate，neighbor，teacher，long­lost friend or even a real stranger.But you know that every moment they will influence your life in some serious way.

Sometimes things happen to you. At the time they may seem terrible, painful and unfair. But later you realize that without overcoming those difficulties, you would have never realized your further ability and advantages.Everything happens for a reason and nothing happens by chance or with good or bad luck.

The people you meet influence your life，and the success and failure you experience create who you are.Even the bad experience can be learned from.In fact，they are probably the most poignant and important ones.

Enjoy every day even every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can，for you may never be able to experience it again.Talk to people whom you have never talked to before，and really listen.You should set your goals high，hold your head up，tell yourself you are a great one and believe in yourself.

You can make your life anything you wish.Create your own life and then go out and live it.

As teenagers, you have many dreams．These dreams can be very big，or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the best students in your class. If you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream come true?

  Follow Your Heart, by Australian writer Andrew Matthews, tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge．

   You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects，or that you can’t become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dream.

In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let dreams just be dreams. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this little by little and your dream will come true. You must also never give up（放弃）your dream. There will be difficulties on the way to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty is yourself. You need to decide what is the most important．For example, studying will make you have better grades，and saving 10 yuan means you can buy a new book.

When you get closer to your dream, it may change（改变）a little. This is good because you will learn more and find new hobbies．

Everyone was moved when he or she watched the volleyball game between the Chinese and Serbia women’s teams on TV.

As we sat before the television set, watching the game, we experienced every kind of feeling. When the two teams played neck and neck(难分上下), we were nervous, wondering what would come next, and when our team fell behind our hearts were in our mouths. Watching the game between those two teams is not only a matter of great joy, but it also provides food for thought. Just see how the Chinese women won the game——by their cooperation (合作), by their excellent skill, their effort and strong will.

A Chinese saying goes, “When two competent opponents (比赛双方) meet, the strong-minded one will win. ” This is the spirit of the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team.

If every Chinese showed some of the spirit, never losing heart in times of difficulty and remaining clear -minded in times of advantage (优势), then our nation would stand in the vanguard (前列) of the world family of nations, just as the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team has done, is doing and will do.

Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying “Friends are God’s way of taking care of us. ” But how do you find real friendship and keep it?

The American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed and take care of it to make it grow.

    First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be king and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his or her best to help. To make a friend, you can not be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives. But things cannot always be happy. Even the best have fights. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn’t want to talk, you could write a letter.

    There are three steps to being friends again:

    Tell him or her how you are feeling; say what your friend has done wrong, and explain why you did this or that. Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life.

Even in early time, people could realize the importance of dreams and knew that 

dreams gave meaning to life. Every great achievement has been the result of years of dreaming. If a person has a dream and holds fast to it, he or she will find a way to

 bring it into reality (现实).  

Children do not have much experience or knowledge. However, they are natural dreamers. We should not laugh at them for being naïve. Many great men were 

dreamers when they were children. One such dreamer was Thomas  Edison. He used to be ostracized(排斥)when he was in primary school, but his achievements were greater than everyone

 else’s in his time.  

 Teenagers and young people should also be encouraged to dream. The world is

 full of successful teenagers and young people. They dreams big and their dreams 

changed their lives and even the world. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are the good 

examples. They have developed technology and brought great progress to human 

besides making money for themselves.  

 Older people should believe that it is never too late to dream and that human 

mind is never too old to make dreams turn into reality. Colonel Saunders realized his dreams at the age of 67 and set up the biggest fried chicken company (KFC) in the 

world.   To dream is a wonderful ability which can lead to wonderful results. Olympic records were broken by players who were brave enough to dream. No one is too 

young or too old to dream and to make dreams come true.

The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up(混淆) and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can’t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at your mistakes you make. Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t understand what you are saying. The most important things for learning English is: “Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”

Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are yourstudies sometimes not successful? Well, friend, cheer up and smile all the time．If you see the world with your warm heart, you'll find that the whole world smiles to you．

While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher's face when you did a good job?

     One day it is fine．Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain．Maybe you would feelvery sad and start complaining about the weather．But dear friends, why don't you sit down and listen tothe free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops (庄稼) in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest．

     Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failures can't beavoided．I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope．When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do．As a popular saying goes, "Failure is the mother of success．"

    Attitude decides everything．With a positive attitude life is easy and pleasant．