Rule I. Do not carelessly denigrate social institutions or creative achievement -- Rule II. Imagine who you could be, and then aim single-mindedly at that -- Rule III. Do not hide unwanted things in the fog -- Rule IV. Notice that opportunity lurks where responsibility has been abdicated -- Rule V. Do not do what you hate -- Rule VI. Abandon ideology -- Rule VII. Work as hard as you possibly can on at least one thing and see what happens -- Rule VIII. Try to make one room in your home as beautiful as possible -- Rule IX. If old memories still upset you, write them down carefully and completely -- Rule X. Plan and work diligently to maintain the romance in your relationship -- Rule XI. Do not allow yourself to become resentful, deceitful, or arrogant -- Rule XII. Be grateful in spite of your suffering

"As a follow-up to 12 Rules for Life, the author provides twelve additional rules related to the overarching theme of how the dangers of too much security and control might be profitably avoided"--