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By (author) Templar, Richard Short description/annotationGet ready to experience the Rules effect. Begin to get more out of life, shrug off adversity more easily and generally be a happier, calmer, more fulfilled person. You’ll feel the benefits, and so will everyone around you.?Description

A personal code to think yourself smarter, wiser and happier

We all envy the natural thinkers of this world. They have the best ideas, make the smartest decisions, are open minded and never indecisive.

Is there something they know that the rest of us don”t? Is it something we can all learn? The answer is a resounding yes. They know The Rules of Thinking.

These Rules are the guiding principles that show you how to make wiser decisions, stop procrastinating, know when to compromise, avoid mistakes, find other options, think well with others, stop obsessing about things, keep your brain active, be more creative, and have happy, healthy thoughts.

Table of contentsRules for staying sane?1 Relax?2 No one is perfect?3 Be content?4 Know what you’re good at?5 Almost any rule can be broken occasionally?6 Don’t try to do everything?7 You don’t have to follow every piece of advice you get (including this one)?8 It’s normal to want to escape?9 You’re allowed to hide from your kids?10 Parents are people too?11 Don’t ignore your relationship with your partner??Attitude Rules?12 Love is not enough?13 Every recipe needs different ingredients?14 Anything extreme is almost certainly wrong?15 Look pleased to see them?16 Treat your child with respect?17 Enjoy their company?18 It’s not about you – it’s about them?19 Being tidy isn’t as important as you think?20 Good parenting is calculated risk taking?21 Keep your worries to yourself?22 See things from their point of view?23 Parenting is not a competitive sport?24 Never emotionally blackmail them?Everyday Rules?25 Let them get on with it?26 Let them go (wild)?27 Teach them to think for themselves?28 Use praise wisely?29 Make sure they know what’s important?30 Show them how to lose?31 Know the value of boundaries?32 Bribery doesn’t have to be bad?33 Moods are catching?34 You’re setting their eating patterns for life?35 Communicate?36 Set clear targets?37 Don’t be a nag?Discipline Rules?38 Present a united front?39 Carrots beat sticks?40 Be consistent?41 Lighten up?42 Focus on the problem, not the person?43 Don’t paint yourself into a corner?44 If you lose your temper, you’re the loser?45 Apologise if you get it wrong?46 Let them back in?47 The right of expression?Personality Rules?48 Find what incentives work for your child?49 Every child should have something they know they’re good at?50 Learn to appreciate the qualities that remind you of someone else?51 Look for the similarities between you?52 Find qualities to admire in them?53 Let them be better than you?54 Their attitude is as important as their achievements?55 Keep your fears and insecurities to yourself?56 Mind your programming?57 Don’t try to have a perfect child??Sibling Rules?58 Give them each other?59 Recognize that squabbling is healthy (within reason)?60 Teach them to sort out their own arguments?61 Work as a team?62 Let them entertain each other?63 Never compare children with each other?64 Different children need different rules?65 Don’t have a favourite?66 Mix and match?67 Find each child’s strengths??School Rules?68 Schooling isn’t the same as education?69 School comes as a package?70 Fight your child’s corner?71 Bullying is always