We have options and choices in our lives if we are prepared to explore them. Many of us are stuck in a rut or dead-end situation because we won’t allow ourselves to take advantage of new opportunities. If you keep doing what you are doing now, you’ll be in the same place this time next year. Nothing in your life can change unless you change your own responses and habits.
20 Rules 1. Take full responsibility for your life. Don’t be a martyr.
2. Stop blaming others. Don’t see yourself as a victim.
3. Consciously generate positive thoughts and feelings.
4. Associate with people who make you feel good about yourself.
5. Do as many as you can of the activities you love.
6. Stop being critical of yourself. Forgive yourself.
7. Treat yourself as you would a special friend.
8. Don’t try to change others. Change your attitudes.
9. Live in the present. Don’t waste time in the past. Move on.
10. Stop feeling guilty. Guilt is a negative emotion.
11. Learn from your mistakes. Don’t regret them.
12. Keep a diary of all your achievements, big and small.
13. Invest money in your personal growth. Expose yourself to stimulating speakers, motivational books and tapes. Keep learning.
14. Schedule time for yourself.
15. Don’t compare yourself with others. Compete with yourself.
16. Always have something to look forward to.
17. Express your feelings, respect the feelings of others.
18. Live with a sense of integrity. Be true to yourself.
19. Be willing to laugh at yourself, at life and with others. Laughter is still the best medicine. Have fun with what you do. Don’t take yourself too seriously. 20. Live everyday fully as if it were your last. 
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