Rule #1. Life is not fair — get
used to it!
Rule #2. Eat an elephant, but
one bite at a time.
Rule #3. To better your lot,
you have to be a lot better.
Rule #4. If you have a friend,
learn to talk to each other
instead of about each other.
Rule #5. True love isn’t
Romeo and Juliet who died
together, it’s Grandmom and
Granddad who grew
together.
Rule #6. Life is not a movie.
In real life people actually
have to leave the coffee shop
and go to work.
Rule #7. Be nice to nerds.
Chances are you’ll end up
working for one.
Rule #8. Never give up on
something you really want.
It’s difficult to wait, but more
difficult to regret.
Rule #9. If you can’t get
someone off your mind, they
are probably supposed to be
there.
Rule #10. Be yourself. No
matter how hard you try; you
will fail trying to please
everyone.
Rule #11. Never be a prisoner
of your past. Be the architect
of your future.
Rule #12. Don’t wait for a
perfect moment. Take the
moment and make it perfect.
Rule #13. Recognize there is
a huge difference between
failing at something you do
and being a failure as a
person.
Rule #14. Worrying does not
empty tomorrow of its
troubles, it empties today of
its strength.
Rule #15. If finding a perfect
person is what will make you
happy, then you will never be
happy.
Rule #16. Never make a
permanent decision on
temporary feelings.
Rule #17. You can make the
world better by making your
life better. Remember, “we
are the world”.
Rule #18. In life, there are
some people you’ll have to
lose in order to find yourself.
Rule #19. Life isn’t about
waiting for the storm to
pass… it’s about learning
how to dance in the rain.
Rule #20. Be strong enough
to stand alone, smart enough
to know when you need help,
and brave enough to ask for
it.
Rule #21. To get ahead, take
steps.
Rule #22. Build your own
dreams, or someone else will
hire you to build theirs.
Rule #23. Listen to people
but never lose your voice.
Rule #24. Accept what you
cannot change. Change what
you cannot accept.
Rule #25. Don’t assume there
are no crocodiles because the
water is calm.
Rule #26. At times, things
have to fall apart before they
come together.
Rule #27. If you want to be
broke, work for money.
Rule #28. To live a life of
enduring significance, you
must learn how to set your
own rules and follow the
course of your destiny.
