A group email was going around on 50 facts of life or somesuch, and with each recipient adding his/her own, by the time it came to me I realised that one, I had to add my own rules to it and two, all the previous recipients had more or less covered all the bases.

That meant I had to do some hard thinking on beliefs I hold true.

So here they are, 10 of them (actually there are more, but these sort of take the cake), and if you have any of your own feel free to let me know.

1)       Love with your heart, hate with your head.

2)       Always have an exit route.

3)       Learn a speciality, apart from your profession.

4)       The copywriter got it right. Friends stay. Everything else goes.

5)       Always respect women. Even when you hate them.

6)       Marry once. Not more.

7)       Children are you. Bring them up well.

8)       Dream big. It could be tomorrow’s vision.

9)       Make music – any music – part of your life.

10)   Keep fit. That’s the only way to be.