Bonus rule #0: Don’t take life advice from random people on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But if you did, here’s what I’d pass on\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1: If someone tells you they’re “ethical” and you can trust them, run a mile in the other direction.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It would never occur to a trustworthy person that they even needed to say it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2: If you’re consistently failing to get the reactions you want from people, think about how you might be coming across.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chances are it’s not everyone else \u2013 it’s you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3:<\/strong> Nothing is more of a turn-off than desperation \u2013 in dating, job hunting, everything.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To avoid coming across as desperate: 4: There’s no time limit on apologies<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As soon as you realise you’ve done something wrong is the best time, but years later is better than never.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5: It’s a helpful illusion to believe everything is within your control.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It isn’t, but the belief prevents you making excuses and blaming other people \u2013 and it’s proven to make you happier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6: If you assume everyone’s doing their best, all your interactions will be better<\/strong> \u2013 and the world doesn’t need to change at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7: Any plan that relies on people being different from how they are is doomed to fail.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s easier to change a plan than it is to change other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8: Nobody ever regretted going for a run or a workout.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Even if it feels like the last thing you want to do, you’ll always thank yourself afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9: If you can just leave your part of the world (and the people in it) a tiny bit better when you go to bed than it was when you woke up, that’s a successful day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And finally…<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10: Let other people off the train first.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bonus rule #0: Don’t take life advice from random people on the internet. But if you did, here’s what I’d pass on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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(2) Convince yourself you’re not<\/p>\n\n\n\n