A CEO's 12 Laws of Life

Lifehacker posted a blurb about CEO Tom Hoobyar's publishing of his 12 "laws of life."

It's always constructive to see how people at the top of their game see things, particularly the tips that helped them get to their level.

I'm still reading through it, in-between doing other things, but I already have favorite quotes:

Events are just events until our thoughts and reactions turn them into experience. What the experience means, how useful it might be, those are the choices that we make -they’re the stories we tell ourselves about our lives.

If someone hurts you, it’s not about you and you shouldn’t act like it was. People do what they do because of their own inner reality. Learn what you can do differently the next time, then forgive them and move on. Really. Forgive them completely. And then, figure out how to manage, tolerate or avoid them in the future. By the way, forgiving doesn’t mean that you think whatever they did is okay. It’s NOT okay. But here’s the thing - if you don’t forgive someone you can’t ever let it go. Then you have to go around with this burden of anger and sourness.

Stories have to have happy endings, because the story ends before their characters do. Real life is different. You’re going to live until you die, so you need to have a plan for every day of i t. So respect reality. Think as if you have a future, because that’s where you’re going to spend the rest of your life.

Invest in good memories by managing your behavior so that you enjoy looking back on your life.