heaven knows

I read this book which I’ve actually gotten quite some time ago. It entitles, “101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting”. Definitely a worthy read…

 

Here’s the 101 things  =)

 

1. You don’t have to know the secret to life to enjoy it

2. Being reasonable wins you the booby prize

3. Life is tough – but then again, compared to what?

4. Happiness doesn’t care how you get there

5. Life’s a breeze when you work as hard as simplifying it as you do at complicating it

6. Predict your failures and you will be a highly successful prophet

7. The pain of unfulfilled dreams can be the worst ache you ever experience

8. Extraordinary things are accomplished by ordinary people

9. Overnight success only happens in fairy tales, trashy novels and bad movies

10. To know and not to do is not yet to know

11. Always expect the unexpected because the only certain thing is uncertainty

12. Too much safety is dangerous

13. You can observe a lot just by watching

14. Don’t mess around with reality and reality won’t mess around with you

15. Excuses and blame won’t make a bit of difference in your life

16. What is the most difficult to accomplish is the sweetest to remember

17. Self-pity costs you nothing and it’s worth just as much

18. If something is boring you, it’s probably you

19. Most worry is totally useless

20. Procrastinate and keep up with yesterday

21. There’s no point in buying expensive socks if you can never find them

22. Book smart does not mean life smart

23. Time is not money; it is worth much more – spend it wisely

24. Watching a lot of television won’t add to the quality of your life

25. The main purpose of life is to live a life of purpose

26. People are only human – if they weren’t, life would be different

27. Choose your friends wisely – quality instead of quantity

28. Never overestimate you ability to change others

29. Giving advice means either losing or breaking even

30. Don’t walk away from negative people, RUN!

31. Hand around with a bunch of blunders and you will be one in due time

32. There’s insanity on both sides of the debate when you argue with an idiot

33. The best way to impress people is by not trying to impress them

34. Nice people are often not good people and good people are often not nice people

35. Everyone, including you and me, is selfish

36. When someone fails to keep a commitment, there is 95 percent chance that it will happen again

37. Good deeds are seldom remembered, bad deeds are seldom forgotten

38. The surest way to failure is trying to please everyone

39. It’s easier to stay out of trouble than to get out of trouble

40. Don’t take it personally; they’re probably doing it to everyone else

41. The more important it is, the less chance that anybody is going to do it for you

42. With a bad attitude you can miss out on a lot of the good things life has to offer

43. Belief is a disease

44. Beware of experts’ predictions, especially about the future

45. Wise people learn more from fools than fools learn from wise people

46. Be careful with you heroes; don’t put them on pedestals

47. It doesn’t cost much to be kind, but it can be very costly being too kind

48. Admit your mistakes and you will make fewer of them

49. Being right at all costs is like being a dead hero – there’s no payoff

50. Smart minds ask dumb questions

51. Only fools are afraid to be fools

52. Your past is always going to be the way it was – so stop trying to change it!

53. If your house is on fire, warm yourself by it

54. The best revenge is to live well

55. It’s never too late to learn something new and improve yourself

56. You are the biggest cause of problems in your life

57. Many of the things you want will give you more problems than they are worth

58. You ain’t going to solve the problem if you don’t identify it properly

59. You can change the quality of your life by changing the context in which you view your circumstances

60. The severity of your problems is a matter of perspective and that makes most of them insignificant

61. No one can give you wiser advice than yourself

62. What will keep you from getting what you want is not knowing what you want

63. You aren’t going to get what you want unless you ask for it

64. If you don’t find time for exercise, you will have to find time for illness

65. A walk or run in nature is the best medicine for many of your ailments

66. There is no shortcut to being fit and trim

67. Your expectations cause you the most disappointment in your life

68. There is no one big deal in life that will save your hide

69. The world doesn’t owe you or anyone else a living

70. When money is not your servant, it becomes your master

71. Compromising your integrity for money, power, fame, or love will come back to haunt you

72. A big pile of money will do just as much to cure your unhappiness as a small pile

73. You can never get enough of what you don’t really need or want

74. Want what you have and you will always get what you what

75. The good life is not all that it is cracked up to be

76. Practice moderation in excess because too much of a good thing can be a bad thing

77. Nothing satisfies a greedy mind

78. You are already rich and live in luxury

79. The cheaper the activity, the greater the fun

80. There is more to positive thinking than just thinking positive thoughts

81. Life isn’t fair and it will continue to be that way

82. You are a millionaire; your creativity makes it so

83. If patience is just the art of concealing your impatience, you better be very good at it

84. To put more time in your life, don’t rush. Slow down instead

85. Try to accomplish too much and you will accomplish little

86. Even the simplest task can be meaningful if you do it in the right spirit

87. Stop trying so hard to be happy and watch the good times roll

88. Set all your seriousness aside because life is a laughing matter

89. It’s easier to ride a horse in the direction it’s going

90. The important thing is not what others think of you, but what you think of you

91. Keep breathing! You never know when life may be worth living again

92. You can’t make a big difference in this world unless you are different

93. You must be home when opportunity knocks

94. What is valuable invariably comes with a price, usually bigger than you think

95. A genius is someone with more persistence than you

96. Perfection is a refuge of idiots

97. Being successful at work is irrelevant if you are a failure at home

98. All you can experience is the now, so why aren’t you there?

99. Spontaneity is too valuable to be left unplanned

100. Look inside and you will find more outside

101. A full, happy and satisfying life is not dependent upon how long you live, but how well you live