Rule #6

Great post by my cousin, Dave. I definitely have moments where I need to be reminded of Rule #6:

I read a lot these days, but I think my retention is quite poor. That's why I love catch phrases. In a recent book I picked up, a title of a chapter was "Rule #6" and began with a story:

"Two prime ministers are sitting in a room discussing affairs of state. Suddenly a man bursts in, shouting and stamping his fist on the desk. The resident prime minister admonishes him: 'Peter,' he says, 'kindly remember Rule #6,' whereupon Peter is instantly restored to complete calm, apologizes and withdraws. The politicians go back to their conversation, only to be interrupted again several minutes later by another person in an outburst. Again, the prime minister kindly says, "Rule #6 Marie." She withdraws with an apology. After the third time, the visiting prime minister is astonished and asks if he would be willing to share Rule #6.

'Very simple, don't take yourself so damn seriously.'"

We live inside our heads more than any other time in history. That causes a tremendous amount of myopia (aka - nearsightedness).