LIVING A SUCCESSFUL & HAPPY LIFE 
A Practical Guideline
                                                                                                                                                                   Kongsak Tanphaichitr, M.D. 
Formula for Success: (can start at any one of the four factors, and it will perfect itself) 
1. Will, Aspiration* eager, enthusiastic, and continuously improving & enjoying one’s task. 
2. Diligence, Effort ** never get discourage. Continue to perform with endurance, patience, and consistency.
3. Determination, Persistence *** active thought and mindful of one’s assignment and goal.
4. Investigation**** examine, reason, or test the causes and consequences of success and failure. ***** Remember: Winner takes all! *****Prioritizing, Time Management: (Know what is most important; allocating enough time properly)
Self-Motivation, Anticipating, Initiative, Contributing, and Being Productive
Decisive, but Flexible
Decision Making: (without sacrificing Quality, and Morality)
1. Save Time – prioritize, and don’t waste the precious time. Time consumes everything, including itself. 
2. Save Money – budgeting, prioritizing & spending money wisely. Reserve some fund for future emergency. 
3. Diversifying - Universal Potentials: not dependable on a single resource. 
Being a Fine Person (Virtues of Divinity):
1. Loving-kindness (be kind and generous, but also towards oneself, not to over-commit oneself) 
2. Compassion (Universal Love, without bias) not to favor one over the others. 3. Sympathetic Joy (transcend jealousy, and be happy with other people’s success or fortune) 
4. Equanimity (maintain calmness, serenity, and neutral nature, matching the ‘norm’ or equanimous nature of one’s mind, and know when to let go if it is beyond one’s capability to solve the problem). Be humble. 
Mental Strength & Power:
1. Confidence* - believe in what you are doing, that it will lead to the expected result. 
2. Diligence, Effort ** - doing your best with consistency. 
3. Mindfulness* – always be aware of what is going on around you, and within yourself; unbiased perception. 
4. Focusing, Concentration, Steady, Persistent*** - not being distracted by other factors or persons 
5. Wisdom (seeing things as they truly are, not blinded by one’s own bias)**** 
Restraint – Inner Power Strength to say ‘No’ – Controlling Oneself against temptation, esp. immoral one.Being Honest, Truthful, and Keep one’s Promise - yet always be aware of people with the opposite nature.
Respect, therefore honor, Oneself and Others.
Morality (with Mindfulness in restraining oneself)& Ennobling Acts (deepening as Mental Discipline):
1. Don’t kill or harm other beings (human & animals), including oneself (be compassionate; respect others’ lives).
2. Don’t steal or take other’s belongings without permission (right livelihood; respect other’s ownership). 
3. Don’t practice any sexual misconduct (sexual restraint; respect other people’s bodies & rights). 
4. Don’t lie (be honest, truthful; respect oneself, and others). 5. Don’t harm or intoxicate oneself with drugs, or liquor (respect oneself – always be Mindful & Aware).  
Everything is but relative, in the state of flux and flow, so be mindful and aware of such changes. One simply surfs and rides with the waves of changes, but ready to let go and not clinging to the ever-changing nature. Don’t deny the fact through perversion. See it as it is. Deal with it properly and accordingly. 
Solve the problem. Don’t think that it will fix itself or get better by itself.****
Be Optimistic. Turn the negative incident into a positive, constructive, catalytic force.* 
Hard-working & Consistency. Do and try your best in everything you are involved with, and be contented with the result or outcome.***
It is not the wealth, but attachment to the wealth that makes people suffered. Earn it, but not clinging to it.
Be Responsible, Mindful & Aware of what you are Saying, Doing, and Thinking.****