"The second set of Ten Commandments"

One of my dad's customers sent this newspaper clipping to us and I loved it so much I thought I would post it on my blog. It was posted in the Utah Daily Herald and it's by Harvey Mackay. Obviously I am condensing the article a little bit, but if you would like a copy just let me know.


I. Thou shall not worry, for worry is the most unproductive of all human activities.

II. Thou shall not be fearful, for most of the things we fear never come to pass.

III. Thou shall not cross bridges before you come to them, for no one yet has succeeded in accomplishing this.

IV. Thou shall face each problem as it comes. You can only handle one at a time anyway. (In one of his favorite Peanut's cartoon strip Linus says to Charlie Brown "There is no problem so big it cannot be run away from." Thought this was too funny to leave out.)

V. Thou shall not take problems to bed with you, for they make very poor bedfellows.

VI. Thou shall not borrow other people's problems. They can better care for them than you can.

VII. Thou shall not try to relive yesterday. For good or ill, it is forever gone.

VIII. Thou shall be a good listener, for only when you listen do you hear ideas different from your own.

IX. Thou shall not become "bogged down" by frustration, for 90 percent of it is rooted in self-pity and will only interfere with positive action.

X. Thou shall count thy blessings, never overlooking the small ones, for a lot of small blessings add up to a big one.