Re: [nukkad] 20 Commandments for Lawyers

["Indian Rediff" <>]

Although it is talking about a law career, the non-law advise are
perfect for anyone!

I especially liked the points below:

> 15. Make a difference. Have an internal moral compass and never violate it. 
>Do the right thing, not the smart thing. Be able, always, to stand tall and be 
>proud.
> 16. Lots of money just means a newer car (the new wears off after a week), or 
>a bigger house (you can only be in one room at a time), or a prettier wife 
>(with higher maintenance requirements and the sex wears off after 6 months) or 
>any of a number of other things that you don't need and won't want once you 
>get them. My happiest years were when I was young and poor. If youth is wasted 
>on the young, then surely money is wasted on the old. (Corollary: No fool like 
>an old fool.)
> 17. Remember: If you are bored, you are boring. (Corollary: If you want to be 
>loved more, be more lovable.)
> 19. Have kids. This is the only way to learn how to love someone else more 
>than you love yourself, perhaps the single most vital lesson that life has to 
>offer.
> 20. Have fun. When it stops being fun, do something else. Always plan on 
>eventually doing something else and prepare for it (beginning with taking your 
>undergraduate degree in something truly useful, like History or Philosophy and 
>certainly not Business or Political Science). No legal career should exceed 20 
>years. Most litigators are toast after ten. Litigation was not my first career 
>and it certainly won't be my last.

And point 16 is the best one. I wish many more 'rich' people could see
the wisdom in it.

Thanks Mean bhai!

Sai

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