Simple rules for living an amazing life.

Overall

• Experiment constantly, learn constantly
• Demand excellence
  • From yourself first
  • Frown upon attention-seeking behavior
• Have powerful presence, be powerfully present
• Practice common sense
• Develop a sense of urgency
  • You will die someday..
• Always do the right thing
  • Stress comes from knowing the right thing to do, yet doing something else
• Add value to every person you meet
• Make big decisions based on the story to be told afterward

Solving Problems

• Solve hard problems to improve quality of life for someone, something.
• Don’t be a superman – don’t try to save the world
  • Solve real problems – don’t invent new ones
• Take massive action
  • Attack problems from all angles, be relentlessly resourceful

Health

• Breathe clean air
• Eat food that tastes good and feels good
• Drink clean water
• Keep a clean environment
• Move your body and your brain every day
• Bask in sunlight

Wealth

• Learn and promote good ideas. The human brain is powerful (wealth of knowledge)
• Build strong, lasting relationships (wealth of love)
• Solve hard problems that people will pay you for (wealth of added value)
• Be authentic and show the world you can be trusted to use shared resources to advance society in positive ways (wealth of trust)
• People are rewarded in public for things they’ve practiced for years in private (wealth of recognition)

Love

• To me, this means being the best husband, son, father, and friend, cousin, brother, etc.
• Share your life celebrations and take interest in the lives of others.
• Say yes to people who matter in your life.
  • Say no to those who don’t.

Happiness

• Make people smile and laugh every day. Happiness comes from human connection.
• Make time to play
• Schedule time to do nothing but think and breath.