Today I came across Thomas Jefferson's Ten Rules for a Good Life and thought it was worth sharing. IMO, these "rules" are still applicable 180+ years after he died:
1. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
3. Never spend your money before you have it.
4. Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap; it will never be dear to you.
5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
6. Never repent of having eaten too little.
7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
8. Don't let the evils which have never happened cost you pain.
9. Always take things by their smooth handle.
10. When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, count to one hundred.
10 Rules for the Good Life
January 8th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
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#3 is a given, and I'll have to work on that. But #1 is something you can see in successful people all the time, a bias for action. Just do things as they come and don't put them off to fester. I'm trying hard, but it's really not in my nature!
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