Rule No.7:Be flexible in your thinking

'' Be flexible in your thinking '' * one of my fav*

-once your thinking gets crystallized, rigid, formed, you've lost the battle .

-once you think you have all the answers, you might as well hang up your boots.

-to get the most out of life, you have to keep all your options open.

-you have to be flexible, ready to roll as the storm breaks but the instant you are established in a set pattern, you set yourself up for being knocked off course .

-if you're flexible, you'll have fun. if you stand your ground, you're likely to get knocked about a bit

-we all have set patterns in life, we all like to read a set paper, watch the same tv show or movie, go to the same shops every time, eat the sort of food that suits us, wear the same type of clothes; if we cut ourselves off from all the other possibilities. we become boring , rigid, hardened and thus likely to get knocked about a bit.

- you have to see life as a series of adventures. each adventure is a chance to have fun, learn something , explore the world, expand your circle of experience and friends and broaden your horizon, shutting down an adventure means exactly you are shut down. go on an adventure, change your thinking , step outside yourself , go for it and see what happens.

here's a test to know how flexible your thinking is, are the books by the side of your bed the same sort of books you've always read? have you found yourself saying '' i dont know any people like that '' or '' i dont go to those kind of places '' ? if so, then perhaps its time to broaden your mind and take the shackles off your thinking

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don't make rules, dont stick to a plan. welcome all new opportunities and chances .
the golden rule here is '' WHY NOT '' .. if you've never been to a japanese restuarant before and some one suggested having lunch there, WHY NOT ? if you've never dyed your hair and you wnated a make over and some one suggested a nice color but you're afraid of changes and stuff '' WHY NOT ''. if you've never played tennis or football or something and some one asked you to play in their team, WHY NOT ! be flexible , be welcoming to any new experience, you really dont know what u might gain from it but atleast, u will GAIN SOMETHING .

so, if you've never done ( whatever it is ) before, then its time to do it :D