Chapter 8

Rule #5

You Will Always Have Extenuating Circumstances. SUCCEED ANYWAY.

If you are anything like the people I teach one on one, in seminars, and in large group lectures, you will have been taking the Reality-Based Rules in, one by one, nodding and thinking, “That makes sense. Choose happiness Ditch the drama Add value . . . simple instructions . . . I get it.” It all sounds so sensible, and in a perfect world you would get right out there and get started. Who doesn't want to raise their value, deliver great results, and be happier at work? But your world is messy, and this isn't going to be easy. That is when the hands go up, and you start to question everything. Before you head back out into your real lives to put the rules to work, ...

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