12 Rules for Life - An Antidote to Chaos [Contents Page]

• Rule 1: Stand up straight with your shoulders back.
• Rule 2: Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping.
• Rule 3: Make friends with people who want the best for you.
• Rule 4: Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
• Rule 5: Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them.
• Rule 6: Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.
• Rule 7: Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient)
• Rule 8: Tell the truth - or, at least, don't lie.
• Rule 9: Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don't.
• Rule 10: Be precise in your speech.
• Rule 11: Do not bother children when they are skateboarding.
• Rule 12: Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.