 | How to work out if you're better off renting or buying a place to live |
| It's a decision we all face sooner or later: Should I rent or buy? We all need a roof over our heads - somewhere to have some privacy and bring up a family. |
 | How to hook up with members of the opposite sex |
| A man and a woman meet each other at a singles bar. He bowls her over with his conversation, she dazzles him with her beauty. Within moments, they fall in love. Three months later they're married. |
 | You have to run pretty fast in this life even just to stay still |
| The Red Queen is a character in the Lewis Caroll fantasy story "Through the Looking Glass". The main character in the story, Alice, comes across the Red Queen and finds her always running in the same spot. |
 | Keep your ears and eyes open, and your mouth shut |
| Who wins in life? Often it's the lucky, but just as often it's the best informed. The quality of our decisions is directly related to the quality of our information. Therefore, it's important to make sure your information is top-notch - this isn't as easy as many people think. |
 | Most of the big advances are made simply by trying stuff out |
| Most of the people you meet day-to-day think they have a pretty good idea about how it all works. Or at least, how all the bits they care about work. They've made up their mind long ago about things, and regard anyone who's willing to think otherwise as a dangerous idiot. |
| The eleven biggest mistakes single men make with women |
| I have spent time around a lot of women, had a few girlfriends and am now married, so I've learned a few things along the way. From my own experiences and what I've observed from those around me, here are the eleven biggest mistakes men make when dealing with women. |
 | Find the right balance between improving your situation and enjoying it |
| There's a funny scene in the film "Thank you for smoking" where the main character, a public relations shill for the cigarette industry, is asked how he can do such an unethical job. "Everyone's got to pay the mortgage", he replies. |
| Improvement usually requires suffering |
| We all want to be better people. We want to be smarter, wiser, stronger and more beautiful. Look at any magazine rack in any supermarket, and you'll see that self-improvement is on a lot of people's minds. |
| Be generous to the future |
| The future is like a giant spiritual bank account. You can invest in it, or withdraw from it any time you like. How you treat this bank account plays a big part in deciding how successful you are. |
 | Don't let others manipulate you by making you feel uncomfortable |
| We all want others to do things our way. If we can persuade those around us to somehow bend to our will, we feel that life's riches will be provided as a reward. So people can become very sneaky when it comes to trying to manipulate others. One of their most cunning tricks is to create uncomfortable situations that they hope you will be desperate to get out of. |