Knowing which way things are going

For the most part things are either getting better or getting worse.  Seldom are they simply staying the same.  Knowing which way things are going and how to either keep them going or turn them around is a major part of living successfully.

In one sense life is about being able to "see it coming" and knowing what to do with what is coming.

You can almost look on it as a set of simple rules:

• Know how things are.  Is it getting better or worse?
• Know what makes it better.  Do those things.
• Celebrate good things and keep them going.
• Know what makes it go bad.  Stop those things.
• Prevent the bad things you can prevent.
• Cope with the bad things you cant.
• Recover from the bad things you cant cope with.
• Learn from everything.
• Get up the next day and try again.