📖 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.