I like work, career, and job lists. They distill experience. They are a quick read. There is the ‘ah ha’ moment with things that move us. I can refer to them. Also, they’ve been vetted and filtered through someone’s life experiences.
Philip McGraw’s ‘Ten Laws of Life’ struck me as right on. Go over each one of these and see which ones fit you.
- Either you get it or you don’t.
- You create your own experience.
- People do what works.
- You cannot change what you do not acknowledge.
- Life rewards action.
- There is no reality, only perception.
- Life is managed, not cured.
- We teach people how to treat us.
- There is power in forgiveness.
- You have to name it before you can claim it.[i]
Life Lesson Earned: ‘It is what it is.’ If you don’t understand something, find out why. If you don’t like something, ‘adopt and adapt.’