- Drink plenty of water.
- Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
- Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured from plants.
- Live with the 3 E's: Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
- Make time for reflection.
- Rediscover creative thinking and think like a child. Play more games.
- Read more books than you did in 2009.
- Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
- Sleep for 7 hours.
- Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
- Enjoy your own life journey and don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
- Use your energy wisely, invest it in things that you can control in the present moment.
- If you are in control, you're not going fast enough (Mario Andretti - former Formula 1 racing driver)
- Laugh at yourself, it shows great humility.
- Be a connector, not a gossiper.
- Dream more while you are awake (kids - don't do this at school!)
- Adopt abundance thinking. You already have all you need.
- Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
- Chinese proverb: when near black ink, you become black; when near red ink, you become red. You can choose to love or hate someone or something. Do you want to be loved or hated?
- Make peace with your past so it won't spoil your present.
- No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
- Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
- Smile and laugh more.
- Instead of thinking why the other person is disagreeing with you, ask yourself "why is the other person thinking differently to me?"
- If you are no longer able to change the situation, you have the ultimate choice to change yourself. Will you?
Society:
- Call your family often.
- Each day give something good to others.
- Forgive everyone for everything.
- Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
- Try to make at least three people smile each day.
- What other people think of you is none of your business.
- Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
- Do the right thing!
- The truth is out there. Always speak the truth.
- Everything will heal with time and you are in charge of how long.
- However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
- No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
- The best is yet to come.
- When you awake alive in the morning, be thankful for it.
- Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
Last but not the least:
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With acknowledgement to Madhumita Katta
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