Principle #11 Engage in personal experiments with the world around you

Seek answers for yourself or from those around you. For example, consider your cultural traditions and practices, your religion the layout of your towns, etc. When you question deeply, you sometimes find that there are many possible ways to approach any given topic or field.

• Principle #1: Don't make assumptions

To see things as they are, avoid assuming that you know what someone is thinking, or that you know their motivations.

• Principle #2: Learn from multiple formats or methods

• Principle #4: No one weighs the importance of facts for you

Weigh them yourself. We are rarely told what's most important to know. When you are tested in life, the people who do best are the ones who understand what is most important. This is a skill th...

Pretty much every real life decision that comes up can go an infinite amount of directions. You simply can't calculate or know for sure what will happen based on your actions. There are too many variables. Just to name a few, there are reactions of anyone involved, unexpected setbacks (bad weathe...

• Principle #6: Remember that everyone is trying to sell you something.

Much of the time, rather than trying to help, others are focused on selling a service or product.

• Principle #7: Intelligence and learning habits can always...

• Principle #9: Read a wide range of material and learn broadly

Even if your goal is to be an expert in one field, the world is becoming increasingly multidisciplinary. The people that make the greatest breakthrough discovered often have some understandin...