If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.

Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.

Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.

Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.

Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.

An ounce of sequins can be worth a pound of home cooking.