The Rules of Life

Don’t Live in the Future Heck, if you thought the previous Rule was tough, try this one ... But the future is where it’s all goi ...

and that gets changed, there will always be something else, waiting its turn and putting off that happiness until some later dat ...

Get On with Life— It’s Whooshing Past Every day, every second, life is whooshing past at an alarming rate. And it goes on gettin ...

I’m sure you get the idea. You have to get on with life, but it is so easy to wallow if you don’t have a goal (or goals) and a p ...

Be Consistent I had an email from a reader of the first edition of this book, who pointed out that an example I gave in one of t ...

yesterday. It’s a fine line between inconsistency and hypocrisy, and the more clear we are about what we believe and why, the ea ...

Dress Like Today Is Important To d a y i s i m p o r t a n t. I t i s t h e o n l y d a y y o u ’ v e g o t t h a t h a s s o m ...

People will react differently to you if you dress as if it matters—and you’ll react differently to that different reaction. It’s ...

Have a Belief System No, no, no, this isn’t where I begin a religious rant or a New Age indoctrination process to welcome you in ...

it supports you in times of trouble, answers your questions about your life and what you mean to the universe, and gives you com ...

Leave a Little Space for Yo u rs e l f E a c h D a y Most people think they get this, but most people might be wrong. You may th ...

to do.” She also used to say, “You’ll never amount to anything by having your head stuck in a book.” And the one I loved the mos ...

Have a Plan Yo u ’ v e g o t t o h a v e a p l a n. A p l a n i s a m a p , a g u i d e , a t a rg e t , a focus, a route, a sig ...

changing as and when you need to. The plan shouldn’t be rigid. Circumstances change, you change, your plan changes. The details ...

Have a Sense of Humor How important this is. As we struggle through this life—and it can be a struggle—we need to keep a sense o ...

This isn’t about telling jokes all the time or cracking witty puns. It’s more being able to see something funny in whatever life ...

Choose How You Make Your Bed Every action you take, every decision you make, everything you do causes an immediate effect on tho ...

So be careful how you make your bed. What goes around comes around. There is instant karma. What you sow you reap. Better to sta ...

Life Can Be a Bit Like Advertising Someone once said that half of the money he spent on adver- tising was wasted, but he didn’t ...

Most well-balanced and happy people will also tell you that sometimes you have to work at something without looking for a payoff ...