Category Archives: Life’s Rules
Don’t Badmouth
Don’t badmouth: Assign responsibility, not blame. Say nothing of another you wouldn’t say to him.
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Admit Your Errors
Admit your errors freely and quickly.
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Noble Motives
Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you.
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Your Sense of the Possible
Expand your sense of the possible.
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How to Change
Don’t trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change.
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Your Expectations
Expect no more of anyone than you can deliver yourself.
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What Is Right
Concern yourself with what is right rather than who is right.
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You Might Be Wrong
Never forget that, no matter how certain, you might be wrong.
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Who Life Belongs To
Remember that your life belongs to others as well. Don’t risk it frivolously.
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Tony Robbins on Creating a Quality Life
Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
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How to Keep the Moochers in Your Life Away
“There’s danger in just shoveling out money to people who say, ‘My life is a little harder than it used...
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Follow Your Curiosity and Intuition
Much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.
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Don’t Bet Against House Odds
I won’t bet $100 against house odds between now and the grave.
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Always Be Courteous
As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be...
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It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like [Warren Buffett and myself] have gotten by trying to be consistently...
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Don’t do cocaine. Don’t race trains. And avoid AIDS situations.
Related Topics: avoid AIDS, cocaine, race, situations, trains Getting Out of Debt
Once you get into debt, it’s hell to get out. Don’t let credit card debt carry over. You can’t get...
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Just avoid things like racing trains to the crossing, doing cocaine, etc. Develop good mental habits.
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It is really useful to be reminded of your errors. I think Warren Buffett and I are pretty good at...
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How to Love Your Children
Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them.
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Listen Intently
Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you need to know. Listen to them hard enough...
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Sharing Good News
Be careful who you share good news with.
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Sharing Bad News
Be careful who you share bad news with.
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No Regrets
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
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Never Miss a Good Chance
Never miss a good chance to shut up.
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Hey, Lighten Up
Nothing you do is going to matter that much in the long run. Don’t take yourself so seriously.
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It’s Easy to Avoid Conflict
The first rule of handling conflict is don’t hang around people who are constantly engaging in conflict.
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Break Bad Habits
The power to make and break habits and learning how to do that is really important.
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Life is Short: Be Happy
This is such a short and precious life that it’s really important that you don’t spend it being unhappy.
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Quickly identify mistakes and take action.
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