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Here's an extract from the book titled as above:
- When someone hugs you, let them be the first to let go.
- Resist giving advice concerning matrimony, finances, or hairstyles.
- Have impeccable manners.
- Never pay for work before it's completed.
- Remember that a successful marriage depends on two things: (1) finding the right person and (2) being the right person,
- See problems as opportunities for growth and self-mastery.
- Don't believe people when they ask you to be honest with them.
- Never buy a house without a fireplace.
- Buy whatever kids are selling on card tables in their front yards.
- Once in your life own a convertible.
- Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.
- Ask for a raise when you feel you have earned it.
- If in a fight, hit first and hit hard.
- Return al the things you borrow.
- Teach some kind of class.
- Be a student in some kind of class.
- Keep secrets.
- Take lots of snapshots.
- Never refuse homemade brownies.
- Don't postpone joy.
- Write "thank you" notes promptly.
- Avoid overexposure to the sun.
- Vote.
- Surprise loved ones with little unexpected gifts.
- Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life.
- Never mention being on a diet.
- Make the best of bad situations.
- Always accept an outstretched hand.
- Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you.
- Admit your mistakes.
- Ask someone to pick up your mail and daily paper when you're out of town. Those are the first two things potential burglars look for.
- Use your wit to amuse, not abuse.
- Remember that all news is biased.
- Take a photography course.
- Let people pull in front of you when you're stopped in traffic.
- Support a high school band.
- Demand excellence and be willing to pay for it.
- Whistle.
- Hug children after you discipline them.
- Learn to make something beautiful with your hands.
- Give to charity all the clothes you haven't worn during the past three years.
- Never invest more in stock market than you can afford to lose.
- Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come ninety percent of all your happiness or misery.
- Make it a habit to do nice things for people who'll never find out.
- Never use profanity.
- Never argue with police officers and address them as "officer".
- Learn to identify local wildflowers, birds and trees.
- Keep fire extinguishers in your kitchen and car.
- Put a lot of little marshmallows in your hot chocolate.
- Learn CPR.
- Resist the temptation to buy a boat.
- Stop and read historical roadside markers.
- Know how to change a tire.
- Know how to tie a bow tie.
- Respect your children's privacy. Knock before entering their rooms.
- Wear audacious underwear under the most solemn business attire.
- Visit Washington, D.C., and do the tourist bit.
- When someone is relating an important event that's happened to them, don't try to top them with a story of your own. Let them have the stage.
- Don't buy cheap tools. Craftsman tools from Sears are among the best.
- When starting out, don't worry about not having enough money. Limited funds are a blessing, not a curse. Nothing encourages creative thinking in quite the same way.
- Give yourself an hour to cool off before responding to someone who has provoked you. If it involves something really important, give yourself overnight.
- When playing games with children, let them win.
- Turn off the television at dinner time.
- Learn to handle a pistol and rifle safely.
- Skip one meal a week and give what you would have spent to a street person.
- Pray not for things but for wisdom and courage.
- Be tough-minded but tender-hearted.
- Use seat belts.
- have regular medical and dental checkups.
- Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
- Take your dog to obedience school. You'll both learn a lot.
- Don't allow the phone to interrupt important moments. It's there for your convenience, not the caller's.
- Don't waste time grieving over past mistakes. Learn from them and move on.
- Wave at children on school buses.
- Tape record your parents' memories of how they met and their first years of marriage.
- Show respect for others' time. Call whenever you're going to be more than ten minutes late for an appointment.
- Hire people smarter than you.
- Learn to show cheerfulness, even when you don't feel like it.
- Learn to show enthusiasm, even when you don't feel like it.
- Take good care of those you love.
- Don't spread yourself too thin. Learn to say "no" politely and quickly.
- Keep overhead low.
- Keep expectations high.
- Accept pain and disappointment as part of life.
- Remember that winners do what losers don't want to do.
- When you arrive at your job in the morning, let the first thing you say brighten everyone's day.
- Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in a harbour is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out.
- Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you.
- Pay attention to the details.
- Be a self-starter.
- Be loyal.
- Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.
- Every once in a while take the scenic route.
- Don't let your possessions possess you.
- Wage war against littering.
- Send a lot of Valentine cards. Sign them "Someone who thinks you're terrific."
- Answer your phone with enthusiasm and energy in your voice.
- Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn something from them.
- Tape record your parents' laughter.
- Buy cars that have air bags.
- Don't undertip the waiter just because the food is bad; he didn't cook it.
- Change the car's oil and filter every three thousand miles regardless of what the owner's manual recommends.
- Conduct family fire drills. Be sure everyone knows what to do in case the house catches fire.
- Become someone's hero.
- Marry only for love.
- Count your blessings.
- Call your mother.
