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I received this in email at the beginning of the year &\u00a0 loved it.\u00a0 But I was overwhelmed with other stuff at the time, so I set it aside.\u00a0 Pulled out the article today and I STILL love it (unable to find an author attribution).\u00a0 It’s called Handbook 2010, but it’s more like Rules for a Good Life.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

HANDBOOK 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Health:<\/strong>
\n1. Drink plenty of water.
\n2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
\n3. Eat more foods that grow on plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
\n4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
\n5. Make time to pray.
\n6. Play more games
\n7. Read more books than you did last year.
\n8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
\n9. Sleep for 7 hours.
\n10. Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
\nPersonality:<\/strong>
\n11. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
\n12. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
\n13. Don’t over do. Keep your limits.
\n14. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
\n15. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
\n16. Dream more while you are awake
\n17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
\n18. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with His\/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
\n19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
\n20. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
\n21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
\n22. 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.
\n23. Smile and laugh more.
\n24. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree…
\nSociety:<\/strong>
\n25. Call your family often.
\n26. Each day give something good to others.
\n27. Forgive everyone for everything..
\n28. Spend time w\/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
\n29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
\n30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
\n31. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
\nLife:<\/strong>
\n32. Do the right thing!
\n33. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
\n34. Time heals everything.
\n35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
\n36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
\n37. The best is yet to come.
\n38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank your God for it.
\n39. Your Innermost is always happy. So, be happy.
\nBe Happy.\u00a0 Don’t ya just love it?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I received this in email at the beginning of the year &\u00a0 loved it.\u00a0 But I was overwhelmed with other stuff at the time, so I set it aside.\u00a0 Pulled out the article today and I STILL love it (unable to find an author attribution).\u00a0 It’s called Handbook 2010, but it’s more like Rules for … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,119,274,228],"tags":[285,286,115],"class_list":["post-1192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-happiness","category-everyday-happiness","category-happiness-tips","category-health","tag-handbook-2010","tag-healthy-lifestyle","tag-practicing-happiness","infinite-scroll-item"],"yoast_head":"\n39 Rules for a Good Life - The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2010\/02\/39-rules-for-a-good-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"39 Rules for a Good Life - The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I received this in email at the beginning of the year &\u00a0 loved it.\u00a0 But I was overwhelmed with other stuff at the time, so I set it aside.\u00a0 Pulled out the article today and I STILL love it (unable to find an author attribution).\u00a0 It’s called Handbook 2010, but it’s more like Rules for ... 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