taken from Marcandangel.com

• Don’t try to read other people’s minds. Don’t make other people try to read yours. Communicate.
• Be polite, but don’t try to be friends with everyone around you. Instead, spend time nurturing your relationships with the people who matter most to you.
• Your health is your life, keep up with it. Get an annual physical check-up.
• Live below your means. Don’t buy stuff you don’t need. *Always sleep on big purchases. Create a budget and savings plan and stick to both of them.
• Get enough sleep every night. An exhausted mind is rarely productive.
• Get up 30 minutes earlier so you don’t have to rush around like a mad man. That 30 minutes will help you avoid speeding tickets, tardiness, and other unnecessary headaches.
• Get off your high horse, talk it out, shake hands or hug, and move on.
• Don’t waste your time on jealously. The only person you’re competing against is yourself.
• Surround yourself with people who fill your gaps. Let them do the stuff they’re better at so you can do the stuff you’re better at.
• Organize your living space and working space. Read David Allen’s book Getting Things Done for some practical organizational guidance.
• Get rid of stuff you don’t use.
• Ask someone if you aren’t sure.
• Spend a little time now learning a time-saving trick or shortcut that you can use over and over again in the future.
• Don’t try to please everyone. Just do what you know is right.
• Don’t drink alcohol or consume recreational drugs when you’re mad or sad. Take a jog instead.
• Be sure to pay your bills on time.
• Fill up your gas tank on the way home, not in the morning when you’re in a hurry.
• Use technology to automate tasks.
• Handle important two-minute tasks immediately.
• Relocate closer to your place of employment.
• Don’t steal.
• Always be honest with yourself and others.
• Say “I love you” to your loved ones as often as possible.
• Single-task. Do one thing at a time and give it all you got.
• Finish one project before you start another.
• Be yourself.
• When traveling, pack light. Don’t bring it unless you absolutely must.
• Clean up after yourself. Don’t put it off until later.
• Learn to cook, and cook.
• Make a weekly (healthy) menu, and shop for only the items you need.
• Consider buying and cooking food in bulk. If you make a large portion of something on Sunday, you can eat leftovers several times during the week without spending more time cooking.
• Stay out of other people’s drama. And don’t needlessly create your own.
• Buy things with cash.
• Maintain your car, home, and other personal belongings you rely on.
• Smile often, even to complete strangers.
• If you hate doing it, stop it.
• Treat everyone with the same level of respect you would give to your grandfather and the same level of patience you would have with your baby brother.
• Apologize when you should.
• Write things down.
• Be curious. Don’t be scared to learn something new.
• Explore new ideas and opportunities often.
• Don’t be shy. Network with people. Meet new people.
• Don’t worry too much about what other people think about you.
• Spend time with nice people who are smart, driven, and likeminded.
• Don’t text and drive. Don’t drink and drive.
• Drink water when you’re thirsty.
• Don’t eat when you’re bored. Eat when you’re hungry.
• Exercise every day. Simply take a long, relaxing walk or commit 30 minutes to an at-home exercise program like the P90X workout.
• Let go of things you can’t change. Concentrate on things you can.
• Find hard work you actually enjoy doing.
• Realize that the harder you work, the luckier you will become.
• Follow your heart. Don’t waste your life fulfilling someone else’s dreams and desires.
• Set priorities for yourself and act accordingly.
• Take it slow and add up all your small victories.

However good or bad a situation is now, it will change. Accept this simple fact.

• Excel at what you do. Otherwise you’ll just frustrate yourself.
• Mature, but don’t grow up too fast.
• Realize that you’re never quite as right as you think you are.
• Build something or do something that makes you proud.
• Make mistakes, learn from them, laugh about them, and move along.