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1. Love your parents unconditionally.
2. Love your country unconditionally.
3. Put your heart and soul in your work.
4. Always be compassionate towards the people who are less fortunate.
5. Be very honest in your dealings.
6. Tell your kids often how terrific they are and that you trust them.
7. Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
8. Use credit cards only for convenience, never for credit.
9. Take a brisk thirty-minute walk everyday, if possible.
10. Smile a lot. It costs nothing and is beyond price.
11. Never use profanity.
12. Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
13. When someone is relating an important event that's happened to them, don't try to top them with a story of your own.
14. Never deprive someone of hope, it might be all they have.
15. Give yourself an hour to cool off before responding to someone who has provoked you, if it involves something really important, give yourself overnight.
16. When playing games with children, let the win.
17. Skip one meal a week and give what you would have spent to some charity.
18. Be tough minded but tender hearted.
19. Never criticize the person who signs your paycheck. If you are unhappy with your job, find another one.
20. Avoid negative people.
21. Don't waste time responding to your critics.
22. Never take action when you're angry.
23. Be kinder than necessary.
24. Give people a second chance, but not a third.
25. When you're proud of your children, let them know.
26. Be your wife's best friend.
27. Do battle against prejudice and discrimination wherever you find it.
28. Let people know what you stand for and what you won't stand for.
29. Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
30. Pray not for things but for wisdom and courage.
This article is dedicated with love and gratitude to my patents.
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