Top Three Rules

[indiajust]

food is important
vacation is quality of life
there are no shoulds

 

[38Chevy454]

1. If you never ask, then you know what the answer is
2. Learn from everything, even your mistakes
3. Have confidence in your abilities, but know when to get help

Another few:
4. Learn the difference between want and need
5. You can only control your reaction, not others
6. Treat others the way you want to be treated (aka the Golden Rule)

 

[Koolau]

Believe half of what you see


Believe none of what you hear

 

[PointBreeze]

#1 Don't let yourself be ruled by your emotions in the moment - always keep the end game in mind (an important corollary for me: you can't take back words - hold your tongue until you can speak rationally and kindly)

#2 Live below your means

#3 Leave the world a better place than when you arrived, even if you can only make a tiny difference

#4 We all have much more in common than may be apparent/everyone is of value/prejudice is despicable

 

[FIREd]

1) Trust your intuition
2) Put yourself first
3) When people show you who they are, believe them