If people are determined to screw up, let them. They are merely exploiting the willingness of good people to help them and, as Dostoyevsky rightly observes, will drag you down to their level. Stop waiting for other people to dig you out of your pitiful hole.ģ Befriend people who want the best for you Yes, you have a shameful, sinful nature but for God’s sake just make a bit of an effort. You can either seek Heaven or be dragged down into Hell.

The story of the Garden of Eden shows that we are all touched with Original Sin But you have a choice.

Not everyone can be as rich and successful as me, but try to be less of a failure than you already are.Ģ Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping Therefore to move towards Order, we all need to man up. Order is Masculine and Chaos is Feminine. This proves there is a God who wants us to have Order. Most humans are complete bastards left to their own devices.

Most lobsters are complete bastards left to their own devices. And bingo! Here are my 12 Rules for Life.ġ Stand up straight with your shoulders straight Pinkos and wishy-washy liberals had cornered the market in cod psychology, so I guessed there must be a huge hunger for a self-help book, backed up with religion, mythology, CAPITAL LETTERS and stating the obvious – one directed at responsible, socially minded conservatives craving some pseudointellectual ideology to prop up their beliefs. Then, with God’s help, I decided to stop feeling sorry for myself and develop my potential. J ust a few years ago, I was an unknown professor writing academic books that nobody read.

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