Ron's Rules to Live By

Society of Decision Professionals, Keynote Speech, 2014

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Ron's Rules to Live By

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Professor Ron A. Howard, cofounder of Strategic Decisions Group and professor of Decision Analysis at Stanford University

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1. Learn as if you're going to live forever, live as if you're going to die tomorrow.
2. Worry is praying about what you don't want to happen.
3. Avoid leading questions, don't use value-laden terms.
4. You are the only person uniquely equipped to be you.
5. What you think about something sets you up for how you relate to it.
6. You can learn from anyone, providing they are speaking from their true knowledge.
7. Don't do it, if it's not fun.
8. Tell the truth.
9. Happiness is a decision.