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Book

Beyond order : 12 more rules for life

Call Number

  • 170.44 P4855.1 (CEN, OSH, WSQ)

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Publication Information

[New York, New York] : Penguin/Portfolio, [2021]

Physical Description

xxvii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

"As a follow-up to 12 Rules for Life, the author provides twelve additional rules related to the overarching theme of how the dangers of too much security and control might be profitably avoided"--

Contents

  • Rule I. Do not carelessly denigrate social institutions or creative achievement
  • Rule II. Imagine who you could be, and then aim single-mindedly at that
  • Rule III. Do not hide unwanted things in the fog
  • Rule IV. Notice that opportunity lurks where responsibility has been abdicated
  • Rule V. Do not do what you hate
  • Rule VI. Abandon ideology
  • Rule VII. Work as hard as you possibly can on at least one thing and see what happens
  • Rule VIII. Try to make one room in your home as beautiful as possible
  • Rule IX. If old memories still upset you, write them down carefully and completely
  • Rule X. Plan and work diligently to maintain the romance in your relationship
  • Rule XI. Do not allow yourself to become resentful, deceitful or arrogant
  • Rule XII. Be grateful in spite of your suffering.

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