# 12 Rules

# Stand up straight with your shoulders back

# Treat yourself life someone you are responsible for helping

# Make friends with people who want the best for you

# Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today

# Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them

# Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world

# Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient)

# Tell the truth - or, at least, don’t lie

# Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t

# Be precise in your speech

# Don’t bother children when they are skateboarding

# Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street