The value of right behavior is something I learned at home, growing up in the rural southern California town of Escondido. At an early age I came to appreciate the importance of being a good person, and I made that a big part of who I wanted to be. As I navigated my way through adolescence and then graduated into adult life, I learned that it's not always easy to know the right course to take. By what measure can one always know what IS the right thing to do? Someone once told me, "Before I do something, I ask myself:  If everyone did this, would the world be a better place? If the answer is 'yes', then I know I'm doing the right thing." I realized that this simple rule of thumb applies to even the smallest little things we do in our lives; so every day, each of us has the power to help improve the world in which we live.