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Rules to Live By: 52 Principles for a Better Life
In our hectic and pressured lives, most of us long for less stumbling around and more consistency and order. At the same time, we want to be flexible and responsive to the needs of our family, friends, and coworkers. To achieve this sense of order, we rustle through self-help books, retool our schedules and priorities, and explore ideas on reinventing ourselves, our marriages, and our families.
Jerry White says he tried all these options but something else has been more helpful: From his early days at the space program in Mission Control at Cape Canaveral, he developed, pursued, and practiced a set of “rules” that have helped him respond to life without having to figure out every situation anew as it arises. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist as Jerry was. Through these fifty-two practical principles, learn how to live a more organized and successful life.
Jerry White says he tried all these options but something else has been more helpful: From his early days at the space program in Mission Control at Cape Canaveral, he developed, pursued, and practiced a set of “rules” that have helped him respond to life without having to figure out every situation anew as it arises. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist as Jerry was. Through these fifty-two practical principles, learn how to live a more organized and successful life.
176 pages, ebook
First published August 19, 2010
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February 1, 2021
Good, practical advice
February 18, 2021
I thought about giving this only 4 stars because each "rule" is covered simply in just a few pages (not earthshaking content), BUT they're all so important!
I decided to go with 5 stars because it presents exactly what it claims to offer in a succinct and engaging way. This would be a great gift for college or high school graduates, but I appreciated it in my thirties also... I read one rule a day, but the foreword suggests reading one a week for a year - I could see that being worthwhile if you make sure to keep the rule where you'll be reminded of it daily for a full week of focus/practice.
I decided to go with 5 stars because it presents exactly what it claims to offer in a succinct and engaging way. This would be a great gift for college or high school graduates, but I appreciated it in my thirties also... I read one rule a day, but the foreword suggests reading one a week for a year - I could see that being worthwhile if you make sure to keep the rule where you'll be reminded of it daily for a full week of focus/practice.
October 15, 2012
Fifty-two practical rules that seem to simple to need to be written down, but they are good to have brought to our attention from time-to-time.
some are:
Learn to concentrate, think long term, be quiet, pray, give money, give time, give yhoureslf, what NOT to do, treat people well, be available, disagree agreeably, call back, work hard, make lists, do what you say you'll do, finish
some are:
Learn to concentrate, think long term, be quiet, pray, give money, give time, give yhoureslf, what NOT to do, treat people well, be available, disagree agreeably, call back, work hard, make lists, do what you say you'll do, finish
January 13, 2012
Great! Read it within a day, easily digestible and useful principles with a nice Christian undertone, a great blend. I will refer back to it often.
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