Rules of the Hunt. Real-World Advice for Entrepreneurial and Business Success. Michael Dalton Johnson.2012. ISBN 780071791380. The author, founder of SalesDog.com, knows his way around a selling floor This is a distillation of 30 yrs of experience. Lots of short relevant quotes and examples abound here. He has a very useful index of Rules which makes the book doubly useful. His closing rules are some of the best I have ever seen in one place.

Your Outlook

• Be generous with yourself and others
• Dream more
• Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about
• Avoid negative thoughts of things you can not control. Invest your energy in the positive present moment
• Don’t overdo. Stay within your limits

Your relationships

• Each day give something good to others
• Forgive everyone for everything
• Don’t take yourself too seriously. No one else does.
• Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip
• Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
• Forget issues of the past. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
• Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present
• Don’t remind others of their past mistakes
• No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
• Learn a new word every day
• You don’t have to win every argument

Taking care of you.

• Drink plenty of water
• Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper
• Eat plenty of fruits & vegetables
• Play lots of games
• Read more books than you did last year
• Sit quietly for at least 10 minutes everyday
• Breath deeply
• Sleep for seven hours
• Take a 10-30 min walk everyday. And smile when you are walking
• Spend time with people over 70 and under 6 yrs of age.
• Keep your sense of humour
• Try to make at least three people smile each day.
• What other people think of you is none of your business
• Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. Stay in touch.

Your life

• The worst promise you can break is one made to yourself
• However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
• When you awaken alive in the morning, be thankful
• Your innermost self is always happy. Follow it.
• Mo matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

Great cross country read.

• Rules of the Hunt – Do You Know What They Are? (business2community.com)