Do not go to live in California.
Do not watch TV news shows or read any tabloid newspapers.
Do not read any books by people who think of themselves as “futurists,”such as Alvin Toffler.
Do not become a jogger. If you are one, stop immediately.
If you are married, stay married.
If you are a man, get married as soon as possible. If you are a woman,you need not be in a hurry.
Establish as many regular routines as possible.
Avoid multiple and simultaneous changes in your personal life.
Remember: It is more likely than not that as you get older you will get dumber.
Keep your opinions to a minimum.
Carefully limit the information input you will allow.
Seek significance in your work, friends, and family, where potency and output are still possible.
Read’s Law: Do not trust any group larger than a squad, that is, about a dozen.
With exceptions to be noted further ahead, avoid whenever possible reading anything written after 1900.
Confine yourself, wherever possible, to music written prior to 1850.
Weingartner’s Law: 95% of everything is nonsense.
Truman’s Law: Under no circumstances ever vote for a Republican.
Take religion more seriously than you have.
Divest yourself of your belief in the magical powers of numbers.
Once a year, read a book by authors like George Orwell, E.B. White, or Bertrand Russell.