10 “Randies” and 47 Things that Will Make You Rich and Happy

I’m re-reading the most influential book in my business life — Atlas Shrugged — and it inspired me to make a list of “Randies” — philosophies from author, Ayn Rand, that will allow you to become rich and happy.

1. Take 100% personal responsibility for everything in your life. Everything. — “I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
2. Practice enlightened self-interest – “In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst.”
3. You have a right to be happy — “Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness”
4. Get over it – “Guilt is a rope that wears thin”
5. Love yourself,  first and foremost — “To say I love you one must first know how to say the I”
6. What other people think about you is none of your business — “It’s not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions”
7. You have a right to be rich — “If you ask me to name the proudest distinction of Americans, I would choose- because it contains all the others- the fact that they were the people who created the phrase “to make money”. No other language or nation had ever used these words before; men had always thought of wealth as a static quantity- to be seized, begged, inherited, shared, looted or obtained as a favor. Americans were the first to understand that wealth has to be created.
8. You are a hero — “Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it’s yours.”
9. Never settle for mediocrity — “I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between.”
10. Raise your values and live them — “Love is the expression of one’s values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.”

Lets get practical

Here are some things you can do to get your life to the next level. Are you ready?

1. Stop watching TV
2. Stop drinking soda
3. Stop “surfing” the web and start “searching” the web
4. No more fast food
5. Are you better with alcohol or drugs? Really?
6. Sugar is a drug. Stop.
7. High Fructose Corn Syrup is a serious drug. Stop Now.
8. Drink lots of water
9. Develop a hygiene routine
10. Wash your hands before you leave the bathroom
11. Exercise every day. Yes, every day.
12. Smile.
13. Laugh. But don’t over do it.
14. Look people in the eye when you talk to them.
15. Firm up your handshake
16. Forget your weight. Manage your BMI (body mass index).
17. Low Glycemic Foods
18. Supplement your nutrition — science shows you must
19. Take care of your skin — it’s your largest organ
20. Develop a work routine
21. In person is better than on the phone or over the Internet — always
22. Love yourself
23. Get out of your comfort zone
24. List your values and live by them
25. Raise your values
26. Guilt is a pleasure of the weak — move on
27. Keep a journal — what you think matters
28. Take a DNA test — you’ll understand yourself better and be able to prevent problems with your health
29. Tell the truth. Even if it hurts.
30. Don’t hit the snooze button. Keep your eyes open until you are awake.
31. Duplicate
32. Gossip does absolutely nothing good for you.
33. Walk tall.
34. Make phone calls.
35. Do it now.
36. Talk behind people’s backs — just say good things.
37. Judge not, lest you be judged.
38. Pay cash or debit.
39. Stretch — in every way every day
40. Read at least one non-fiction book every month
41. Don’t read “Atlas Shrugged”, devour it
42. Be respectful of yourself… and others.
43. Vote
44. Don’t sacrifice yourself for others. Build yourself so that others are inspired to do the same.
45. Learn.
46. Take pictures and videos. Share them.
47. Keep your agreements.

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