• don’t invade Russia

• don’t start a war in Asia

• don’t invade Afghanistan

• don’t vote for Bushes

• don’t think anything is ever for free

• don’t let a woman that knocks the air out of your lungs walk out of your life without asking her for a date, respectfully

• do NOT grab them by the pussy

• your employees did not sign on to deal with your sexual frustration

• do not get a college degree if you want to become a billionaire (or do so at your own risk)

• don’t put way more money in wars than in healthcare, infrastructure or education

• don’t forget to check who pays the mainstream media to write and broadcast

• never forgot to ask ‘cui bono?’, ‘who benefits?’ when looking at a situation or political event

• never secede from the United States…

• don’t invade anything if you’re German

• never criticize your boss, not even if he or she begs you for your criticism, don’t fall for that trap

• never look at a woman before answering her question ‘do I look fat in this?’

• don’t believe rich people and their political representatives when they say the concept of ‘trickle down economics’ works

• if you’re in charge you will always be blamed for whatever goes wrong, even if it’s really not your fault, so don’t expect anything different

• don’t expect people for their own mistakes, they will always find a way to blame others

• don’t forget people need to come close to give you a stab in the back, the shittiest stuff that will happen to you will quite likely be done by people you consider your friends

• don’t ever think people will treat you fairly

• don’t ever expect people to be courageous

• don’t ever expect people to respectfully and kindly try to resolve any conflict they may have with you in an open and direct way, face to face, without going behind your back and slandering you to others

• don’t expect people not to complain

• never try to please everyone, as it’s the surest way to drive yourself crazy and make everybody unhappy

• don’t work for free

• don’t expect gratitude from anyone

• don’t expect a friend to stay a friend if you stop being useful to that person

• don’t try to force your children to live the dream you didn’t have the guts to create for yourself