📖 Quick Reference
Essential wisdom at a glance
1
Stand up straight with your shoulders back
Adopt a posture of strength. Face chaos with courage.
2
Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping
Care for yourself as you would care for a loved one.
3
Make friends with people who want the best for you
Surround yourself with those who support your growth.
4
Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today
Your only competition is your former self.
5
Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them
Discipline with love creates capable humans.
6
Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world
Start with yourself. Clean your room.
7
Pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient
Choose long-term meaning over short-term pleasure.
8
Tell the truth – or at least don't lie
Truth is the foundation of all meaningful action.
9
Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don't
Listen with genuine curiosity.
10
Be precise in your speech
Vague speech leads to vague thinking.
11
Do not bother children when they are skateboarding
Allow risk-taking and growth through challenge.
12
Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street
Find moments of grace amid suffering.