For Life

Grounded in Stoicism and discipline, these rules help cultivate clarity, resilience, humility, and inner peace.

  1. Own the morning.
  2. Only focus on what’s in your control.
  3. Don’t suffer imagined troubles.
  4. Treat success and failure the same.
  5. Just do one thing every day.
  6. Constantly ask, “Is this necessary?”
  7. Love your fate.
  8. Read books.
  9. Be strict with yourself and tolerant with others.
  10. Turn obstacles upside down.
  11. Remember: you are dying every day.

For Relationships

Inspired by the book “How to Make Friends And Influence People”, these rules help us understand each other through empathy and listening.

  1. Do not criticize, condemn, or complain.
  2. Appreciate, honestly and sincerely.
  3. Arouse in the other person an ardent desire.
  4. Become truly interested in the other person.
  5. Smile.
  6. Remember that a person’s name is to them the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
  7. Be a good listener; encourage people to talk about themselves.
  8. Talk about things that interest the other person.
  9. Make the other person feel important, and do it with sincerity.

For Finances

These next rules are well known, but pretty hard to follow.

  1. Don’t spend more than you earn.
  2. Never buy on impulse.
  3. Only use your credit card if really needed.
  4. Always have an emergency fund.
  5. Take note of everything you spend.
  6. 70% monthly expenses, 20% savings, 10% fun.
  7. Always research before a purchase.

Following everything perfectly is impossible; I just keep them as a guide. And I hope it helps you as it has helped me many times before.