Surprising Rules for Success

 • Retirement is the worst-case-scenario insurance.

 • Alternating between periods of rest and activity is essential.

 • Focus on being productive instead of busy.

 • The timing is never right. Waiting for ‘someday’ means that you will take your dreams to the grave.

 •  Ask for forgiveness, not permission.

 • Emphasize strengths. Don’t fix weaknesses.

 • When things are done to excess, they often take on the characteristics of their opposites.

 • Money alone is not the solution. We use not having enough money as a scapegoat for not working out what we want out of life.

 • Relative income is more important than absolute income.

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