Rules of Life by Richard Templar Part I: Rules for you 1. Keep it it under your hat, hat, don’t don’t preach, preach, propagate propagate or even even mention mention this this 2. You’ll You’ll get older older but not necessar necessarily ily wiser; wiser; wisdom wisdom isn’t isn’t about not not making making mistakes mistakes but about learning to escape afterward with w ith our dignity and sanity intact 3. Accept What is is done is done done and you you need to to just just get on with with things things 4. Accept yoursel yourself. f. You don’t don’t have to improve improve or change change or strive strive for perfect perfection. ion. Quite Quite the opposite. Just accept. 5. Know what counts counts and and what doesn’t. doesn’t. There There are some some things things in this this life that that is importan importantt and a whole lot of things that aren’t 6. Dedicate Dedicate your life life to something something.. A yardstick yardstick to measure measure How and and what I am doing doing and where I am going 7. Be flexible flexible in your your thinking. thinking. Try not to to see life life as an enemy, enemy, but as a friendly friendly sparring sparring partner 8. Taking an interes interestt in the outside outside world world is about about developing developing you, you, rather than than for the the world’s benefit 9. Be on the the side side of the ange angels, ls, not not the the beasts beasts 10. Only dead fish swim with the stream. Life is meant to be a series of struggles struggles and lulls 11. Be the last last to raise raise your voice voice 12. Be your own adviser, adviser, intuiti intuition. on. 13. No fear, no surprise, surprise, not hesitation hesitation,, no doubt 14. I wish I’d done that, that, and I will. The world world is divided into those who look at others enviously and those who look at others as a motivational tool 15. Count to 10, you’ll you’ll get an appropriate appropriate response response 16. Change what you can change, let go of the rest. rest. Dedicate yourself personally to to things you can change, areas where you can make a difference. 17. Aim to be the very best at everything you do, not the second best. Failing is fine. Aiming Aiming for the second best isn’t. 18. Don’t be be afraid afraid to dream dream 19. Don’t dwell on the past. Live Live here, live now. Live in this this moment. 20. Don’t live in the future. future. Dreams are great but reality reality is fine too 21. Get on with life, it’s it’s whooshing past. You have to give it a bit of thought thought if you want to get the best out of it 22. Dress like today is important. People will react differently differently to you if you you dress as if it matters. 23. Have a belief system. You don’t have to prove it to anyone anyone else, justify it, even show it it 24. Leave a little space for yourself yourself each day, where you do absolutely nothing 25. Have a plan, or it will will always always remain a dream 26. Have a sense sense of humor 27. Choose how you make your bed. Do the right thing every time, you know what it it is 28. Life can be a bit like advertising, advertising, you’ll never know from which bits of effort comes the best reward. 29. Get used to stepping outside outside your comfort zone. Expanding your comfort zone makes you you feel good about yourself.
30. Learn to to ask questio questions ns 31. Have dignity. It’s about showing self-respect and having quiet self-esteem self-esteem 32. It’s ok ok to feel big big emotions emotions 33. Keep Keep the faith faith 34. You’ll You’ll never understand understand everything. everything. 35. Know where true happiness comes from, from, it’s right in yourself 36. Know when to let go, go, when to walk away. away. 37. Look after after yoursel yourself f 38. Maintain Maintain good manners manners in all things things 39. Prune your your stuff frequent frequently ly 40. Remember Remember to touch touch the base base 41. Draw the lines lines around yoursel yourself f 42. Shop for quality quality,, not price 43. It’s okay okay to worry, worry, or to know how not to 44. Staying young is trying out new tastes, tastes, new places to go, new styles styles 45. Throwing Throwing money at a problem doesn’t doesn’t always work 46. Think for for yoursel yourself f 47. You are are not in in charge charge 48. Have something in your your life that takes takes you out of yourself 49. Only the the good feel feel guilty guilty 50. If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all Part II: Partnership rules 1. 2. 3. 4.
Accept the differ differences; ences; embrace embrace what what you you have in common common Allow Allow your your partne partnerr the spac spacee to be thems themselv elves es Be nice, nice, go back back to square square one and start being courte courteous ous again again You have to be prepare prepared d for them to to be independent, independent, strong strong , out in in the world world separate separate from you 5. Be the the fir first st to say say sor sorry ry 6. Go that that extr extraa step step in try trying ing to to please please them them 7. Always Always have someone someone – or somet something hing – that that is is pleased pleased to to see you you 8. Know when when to listen listen and when when to act 9. Have a passio passion n for your your life life toge togethe ther r 10. Make sure your your lovemaking lovemaking is making making love 11. Keep talking, it helps us understand, listen, share and communicate 12. Respect Respect privacy privacy 13. Check you both have have the same shared shared goals 14. Treat your partner better than your best friend 15. Contentment Contentment is is a high aim aim 16. You don’t both both have to have the same same rules Part III: Family and friends rules 1. If you are are going to be a friend, friend, be a good good friend. friend. The most most important important bit is is being there, there, not just for the good times
Rules of Life by Richard Templar Part I: Rules for you 1. Keep it it under your hat, hat, don’t don’t preach, preach, propagate propagate or even even mention mention this this 2. You’ll You’ll get older older but not necessar necessarily ily wiser; wiser; wisdom wisdom isn’t isn’t about not not making making mistakes mistakes but about learning to escape afterward with w ith our dignity and sanity intact 3. Accept What is is done is done done and you you need to to just just get on with with things things 4. Accept yoursel yourself. f. You don’t don’t have to improve improve or change change or strive strive for perfect perfection. ion. Quite Quite the opposite. Just accept. 5. Know what counts counts and and what doesn’t. doesn’t. There There are some some things things in this this life that that is importan importantt and a whole lot of things that aren’t 6. Dedicate Dedicate your life life to something something.. A yardstick yardstick to measure measure How and and what I am doing doing and where I am going 7. Be flexible flexible in your your thinking. thinking. Try not to to see life life as an enemy, enemy, but as a friendly friendly sparring sparring partner 8. Taking an interes interestt in the outside outside world world is about about developing developing you, you, rather than than for the the world’s benefit 9. Be on the the side side of the ange angels, ls, not not the the beasts beasts 10. Only dead fish swim with the stream. Life is meant to be a series of struggles struggles and lulls 11. Be the last last to raise raise your voice voice 12. Be your own adviser, adviser, intuiti intuition. on. 13. No fear, no surprise, surprise, not hesitation hesitation,, no doubt 14. I wish I’d done that, that, and I will. The world world is divided into those who look at others enviously and those who look at others as a motivational tool 15. Count to 10, you’ll you’ll get an appropriate appropriate response response 16. Change what you can change, let go of the rest. rest. Dedicate yourself personally to to things you can change, areas where you can make a difference. 17. Aim to be the very best at everything you do, not the second best. Failing is fine. Aiming Aiming for the second best isn’t. 18. Don’t be be afraid afraid to dream dream 19. Don’t dwell on the past. Live Live here, live now. Live in this this moment. 20. Don’t live in the future. future. Dreams are great but reality reality is fine too 21. Get on with life, it’s it’s whooshing past. You have to give it a bit of thought thought if you want to get the best out of it 22. Dress like today is important. People will react differently differently to you if you you dress as if it matters. 23. Have a belief system. You don’t have to prove it to anyone anyone else, justify it, even show it it 24. Leave a little space for yourself yourself each day, where you do absolutely nothing 25. Have a plan, or it will will always always remain a dream 26. Have a sense sense of humor 27. Choose how you make your bed. Do the right thing every time, you know what it it is 28. Life can be a bit like advertising, advertising, you’ll never know from which bits of effort comes the best reward. 29. Get used to stepping outside outside your comfort zone. Expanding your comfort zone makes you you feel good about yourself.
