28 Rules...
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.

Nice rules. If one can internalize these and make them guide our action, a lot of things will be much easier.