100 Simple Secrets of Successful People

You don't have to buy the book, US$12 not worthy enough as a reminder of common sense. I encourage you to discover the beauty of Amazon's online reader - you can read the entire book here for free.

This is the first 23 out of the list of 100 taken from the book.

Not that I agreed to all, but worth putting them down for future reference I guess.

1. Competence starts with feeling competent
2. It's not how hard you try
3. Creativity comes from within
4. Take small victories
5. You can't force yourself to like broccoli
6. Resist the urge to be average
7. There is plenty of time
8. It's never just 1 thing
9. Don't keep fighting your first battle
10. Change is possible, not easy
11. Seek inputs from your opposites
12. Write down the directions
13. Anticipate irrationality
14. The best defense is to listen
15. Winners are made, not born
16. Do things in order
17. Get experience any way you can
18. Self-motivation works once
19. Speak slowly
20. Where you stand depends on where you look
21. Use your own self-interest
22. Remember who you are and where you are
23. Negotiate with confidence, or don't