1.    Be true to yourself and never pretend to be anything you are not. If people don’t accept you for who you are, you don’t need them in your life.

2.    Be happy and think happy thoughts – if you don’t identify with negative emotions they have no hold over you and will quickly pass.

3.    Don’t be too critical because any fault you see in others probably also afflicts you.

4.    Be unconcerned about other people’s opinions. You are free to have your opinions and they are free to have theirs.

5.    Learn to stop taking things personally.

6.    Give up the need to win and the need to be right.

7.    Don’t interfere in other people’s affairs, but be willing to help if you are asked.

8.    Don’t pass on hearsay or gossip – break that cycle of vindictive negativity.

9.    Do your best and you will always succeed, even if the world considers it a failure.

10.  Be unconcerned about failure – there is no such thing as failure, only opportunities to learn lessons.

11.  Don’t regret anything – the cyclic nature of life means there will always be another opportunity.

12.  It takes time for noticeable improvements to manifest in your life, so don’t be too hard on yourself if you don’t seem to be making much progress.

13.  What you assimilate into your mind affects your mental and emotional well-being in much the same way as your diet affects your physical well-being.

14.  Recognise that all your troubles are caused by uncontrolled emotions. Emotionality feeds conflict, but rationality brings resolution.

15.  Don’t succumb to advertising – it is nothing but mental and emotional manipulation.

16.  Ignore public opinion – investigate things for yourself and make up your own mind.

17.  Remain open minded but not gullible.

18.  Be honest, upright, dependable and sincere, with no hidden agendas.

19.  Be impartial in every decision you make, irrespective of any advantage you may gain or disadvantage you may incur.

20.  Always set a good example to other people.

21.  Stand firm in matters of great importance but yield in matters of no importance, and remember that most things in life are not important.

22.  Learn to distinguish between your wants and your body’s wants.

23.  Free yourself from addictions, e.g. alcohol, drugs, coffee, sugar, tobacco, sex. You can still enjoy them from time to time; just don’t let them become habitual.

24.  Make little sacrifices to help develop your will-power. For example, give up chocolate or alcohol for a month.

25.  Be generous and charitable – can you really justify another spending spree when there are so many poverty-stricken people in the world?

26.  Learn the truth about wanting - Wanting causes suffering because tell ourselves “I will be happy when I get what I want”. So we are actually telling ourselves that we can’t be happy or contented until we get what we want.

27.  Forgive everyone and everything. You can’t change the past so there is no point being bitter about it.

28.  Accept people for who they are – their behaviour merely reflects with their level of development.

29.  Make allowances for other people failings rather than judging and condemning them.

30.  Accept the fact that there are no accidents and everything happens for a reason.

31.  Learn to trust yourself, your instincts, your intuition and your inspiration.

32.  Don’t hold on to the past or worry about the future – just live one day at a time.

33.  Don’t take yourself too seriously because life is just a game of self discovery.

34.  Maintain an inner awareness to ascertain your motives before you speak or act.

35.  Remember that the solution to all your problems lies within you.