These days, people and brands that have Class are few and far between. My take is that having Class can help you build an incredibly successful personal and professional brand for not a lot of time or money.
Here are 25 ways to be a classier brand.
- Be a nice, polite person/company
- Be genuinely interested in anyone you meet
- Be generous of your money and more importantly your time
- Seek to help people (especially to those who cannot help you or ever repay you) and be charitable without seeking recognition
- Have compassion without seeking personal gain
- Take ownership and responsibility for your actions, don’t point fingers or make excuses
- Select arguments carefully – walk away from 99% of all fights
- Surround yourself with nice quality people with impeccable character and integrity
- Listen more than you talk
- Watch your language
- If you’re a know-it-all keep it to yourself
- Don’t gossip and respect people in their absence
- Don’t be a braggart or celebrate due to someone else’s failure or loss
- Don’t insult others
- Don’t criticize and knock people down – build them up
- Don’t follow the crowd or feel pressured to fit in
- Respect people
- Respect yourself
- Be modest
- Treat victories the same as failures
- Recognize people who help you achieve success
- Live with elegance and grace
- Search for help, knowledge
- Be open to change to improve yourself
- Be considerate and respectful of everyone
25+. Honor your word and keep your promises.
25++. Follow the Golden Rule which is the “do unto others” one. Not the one that says, “He who has the Gold…Rules!”
