22 Critical Decisions

To:

1. Get really, really good-that's REALLY good-at something.
2. Never under-sell yourself.
3. Be on time, every time. Even if nobody else is. That's professionalism.
4. Cook more. Every day: nutritious, flavoursome and relaxing.
5. Have a Plan B which is so damn good nobody realises it wasn't Plan A.
6. Love Life. Even when it's raining, even when she says "can we just be friends?" and even when you've got a heck of a cold.
7. Not wait for anybody to notice you. Get noticed because you are amazing. A Brand New Super Nice Wolf In The Office.
8. Be twice (yes twice) as effective as you were this time last year. Yes you can.
9. Carry a note-book. Paper will do fine. Capture thoughts. Work them up into stories, then into wisdom, then into genius. You've got to start somewhere, though.
10. Be in the moment. Priceless is all around. Not worrying about what you might have said, should have done or could have asked.
11. Not forget Valentine's Day. But do something r o m a n t i c .
12. Get real in a world where so much bulls**t is spoken.
13. Grind your own freshly purchased coffee beans. Yes, Life is long enough for the right things.
14. Be cheerful, resourceful and 'can do'. Even when the bast**ds let you down. Again. You do it for you.
15. Never neglect the few in Life who encourage you.
16. Stop acting like Harrison Ford in the Fugitive. Forever on the run, forever looking around anxiously, forever sleeping poorly and forever needing a clean shirt.
17. Insist to yourself that if Life is not as you wish it, you can change it. It will not be easy. It will not be done over-night. But it can be done.
18. have humility.
19. be grateful.
20. wonder.
21. wander.
22. Never, ever forget: action is most of it.