We’ve been publishing a number of itemized rules and laws of the spiritual life in recent weeks, so here’s another ten. These were written by Phillip C. McGraw, PhD from his book, Life Strategies:

Life Law 1: You either get it, or you don’t.
Strategy: Become one of those who gets it.

Life Law 2: You create your own experience.
Strategy: Acknowledge and accept accountability for your life.

Life Law 3: People do what works.
Strategy: Identify the payoffs that drive your behavior and that of others.

Life Law 4: You cannot change what you do not acknowledge.
Strategy: Get real with yourself about life and everybody in it.

Life Law 5: Life rewards Action.
Strategy: Make careful decisions and then pull the trigger.

Life Law 6: There is no reality; only perception.
Strategy: Identify the filters through which you view the world.

Life Law 7: Life is managed; it is not cured.
Strategy: Learn to take charge of your life.

Life Law 8: We teach people how to treat us.
Strategy: Own, rather than compain about, how people treat you.

Life Law 9: There is power in forgiveness.
Strategy: Open your eyes to what anger and resentment are doing to you.

Life Law 10: You have to name it before you can claim it.
Strategy: Get clear about what you want and take your turn.