Life 101

Be uncommon

Be dependable

Cultivate relationships with those who can teach you

Find your way to the center of things

Pursue knowledge for a purpose

Be open to advice and hints - try them out

Maintain integrity

Be gracious

Know how to withdraw

Understand your strong and weak qualities

Prioritize actions and think them over

Look for, develop, and secure goodwill from others

Reserve exaggeration

Use but do not abuse cunning

Don't give up/lose your self respect

Maintain good humor, try not to get upset, know your hot buttons

Look for the core essence of things

Find the way to finish well

Know how to say no

Do not vacillate

Be approachable

Balance joking and being serious

Don't drain to the dregs of anything good or bad

Keep expectations and hope alive

Build and preserve a reputation

Don't parade your position

Reserve smug self satisfaction

Pursue path to greatness along with others

Develop the art of conversation

Live practically

Avoind affectation

Get used to limitations and failings of others, build strengths, learn to use your materials to create and not throw them away

Develop and nurture friendships

Think before you act

Pursue decisions and actions thru two way doors, limit being backed into corners and going thru one way doors in your actions

Do and be seen doing

Be polite for it's own sake

Look for the good in things first

Don't be a bore

Don't be fooled by illusions

Don't wait until you are a setting sun

Be sought after

Do not hold too firmly to your views

Don't limit yourself to first impressions

Always act as if others are watching, but be yourself and don't be overly reserved because of it

Know how to negotiate and get your price, know your price

Do not believe or like lightly, evolve your point of view, deepen or change but continue to be critical and malleable

Be selective in your friends

Develop depth in your understanding of character

Be careful when speaking, listen first

Know your faults, large and small

Distinguish between words and deeds, actions speak louder but words matter

Rely most on yourself, give yourself reasons to trust in you

Mix acting on intuition/impulse with acting on second thought

Keep some reserve

Know if you're contending with someone who has nothing to lose, avoid these situations

Don't rush through living

Develop knowledge and find those who have it

Develop depth to your heart and trust in it

Bring boldness and creativity into everything but in measured quantities

Do not carry fools on your back

Be generous and known for praise

Adapt to the people and environment around you

Lead a peaceful life

Watch for people who start with concern for others but end with their own

Have a rationale view of yourself and your affairs

Learn to be appreciative

Don't waste influence

Be adaptable and place yourself in new, maybe uncomfortable circumstance

Gain position by merit not presumption

Leave something to wish and be hopeful for

Align your words and deeds

Learn about the great people in history and of your age

Approach easy tasks as though they were difficult and difficult tasks as though they are easy

Be expressive

Don't act out of stubborness but instead from knowledge

Limit occasion to embarass yourself or others

Be accessible

Make plans with wisdom

Don't leave things half finished

Know how to ask, don't be afraid to ask, learn how to ask

Develop original and different views

Don't explain too much

Be good in small measures but often

Be prepared

Never let matters come to a breaking point

Learn to forget

Avoid carelessness

Be present and mindful, learn what it means

Set difficult tasks and goals for yourself and your charges

Renew your character with nature and art

Find favor with people of good sense

Develop ability for discovery

In prosperity prepare for adversity

Avoid hurried decisions under duress