Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Failure Is a Necessary Ingredient to Success 5
Chapter 2 Understand the Past, but Don't Focus on It 9
Chapter 3 Annie Had it Right 13
Chapter 4 A Clearing Shower 17
Chapter 5 Trust Your Gut… It Knows 21
Chapter 6 Communicating Is Key 25
Chapter 7 Know Your Audience 29
Chapter 8 Live Your Whole Life Like Others Do in the Final Years of Theirs 33
Chapter 9 "Keeping Up with the Joneses" Has an Adverse Effect on the Quality of Your Life 35
Chapter 10 Focus on the Little Things to Separate Yourself 37
Chapter 11 In Order to Have Good Friends You Have to Work at It 39
Chapter 12 The More You Appear to Want Something, the Less Likely You Are to Acquire It 43
Chapter 13 Don't Let the Chickens Out in the First Place 47
Chapter 14 It Pays to Be Well-Rounded 51
Chapter 15 Beware of the Proud Peacock 55
Chapter 16 Stop Trying to Get Everyone on the Same Side of the Seesaw 59
Chapter 17 A Bird in the Hand Is Worth… a Bird in the Hand 61
Chapter 18 Honesty Will Set You Free 65
Chapter 19 The Culpability Test 67
Chapter 20 Underestimate No One 69
Chapter 21 Speak Softly… Listen Loudly 73
Chapter 22 Simplify Your Life 77
Chapter 23 Not Everyone Has a Calling 81
Chapter 24 Everything Has a Pro and a Con 83
Chapter 25 For Every Peak There Is a Trough 87
Chapter 26 Stay Away from Those That Bring You Down 91
Chapter 27 Hitch Yourself to the Right Star… but Be Careful 93
Chapter 28 Be Beholden to No One 97
Chapter 29 Sometimes the Fat Lady Just Doesn't Sing 101
Chapter 30 Never Bet on the Pacesetter 107
Chapter 31 Learn to Hit the Curveball 111
Chapter 32 Resist the Path of Least Resistance 113
Chapter 33 Swim Downstream, Not Up 115
Chapter 34 Timing Is Not Everything, but It Is a Major Factor 119
Chapter 35 Beware of Hubris 123
Chapter 36 Optics Matter 127
Chapter 37 Sometimes You Just Have to Roll the Dice 131
Chapter 38 It Takes Many Years to Build a Reputation, but Only a Few Seconds to Ruin It 135
Chapter 39 Never Take for Granted the Chips You Have Already Won 141
Chapter 40 You Are More Adaptable Than You Think 145
Chapter 41 Don't Ever Try to Put a Square Peg in a Round Hole 149
Chapter 42 Patience Pays 153
Chapter 43 Hedge Your Bets 157
Chapter 44 Be Known for Who You Are and Not What You Do 161
Chapter 45 Focus on Those Things That Actually Move the Needle 165
Chapter 46 Come to Terms With Your Weaknesses 169
Chapter 47 Don't Believe Everything You Read or Hear 173
Chapter 48 When in Doubt, Take Money Out of the Equation 177
Chapter 49 Don't Forget Those That Have Laid the Groundwork for You 181
Chapter 50 In the End It's All Up to You 185
Bonus Chapter 189
Acknowledgements 195
About The Author 197
