1) Have self-generated principles and values that you endeavour to adhere to. Use them as your moral compass. Write them out. It may also be helpful to know them verbatim.
2) Remain calm. Don’t let your emotions be prodded in a way that makes you lose the ability to think rationally and clearly.
3) Remain optimistic and try to see the bigger picture. Always look for the wider context and expand narrow beliefs.
4) Be very careful who you trust. Know and accept that not everybody deserves your trust.
5) Do not blindly follow orders. You are not a slave. Question what deserves to be questioned.
6) Notice where your attention is focused throughout the day.
7) If you find yourself emotionally or physically restricted, make allies. Build the bridges that lead to your escape.
8) Do not learn anything from people you don’t trust. Listen to your intuition.
9) The rights of individuals are more important than the rights of groups. Be the black sheep if you must. Go against the grain and retain your free mind and self-respect.
10) Have a clear purpose so somebody else’s purpose isn’t inserted into your mind.
11) Be self-reliant and embrace integrity. It will make you immune to brainwashing. Constantly trying to please people and ‘fit in’ can be a dangerous strategy to approach life with.
12) Refuse to conform to any social trend that is nonsensical, dangerous, or idiotic.
13) You are never alone. If you feel alone, it just means you’re in the silent majority.
14) Be wary of someone who is only telling you what you want to hear.
15) Do not rush decisions. Be patient in waiting for information. Learn to tolerate the feeling of not yet knowing everything.
16) Never become involved in any movement or issue that you cannot 100% justify to yourself.
17) Beware of strangers who pretend to be your best friend. You’re actually looking for small and steady connection, rather than huge gestures of ‘friendship’.
18) Beware of any system or gadget that wants to monitor your facial reactions.
19) Beware of anyone demanding ‘perfection’ from you.
20) Never willingly ‘adjust’ to Hell.
21) Never feel gratitude toward someone that has harmed you or has taken away your freedom.
22) Control your anger when faced by an adversary; never let them use your own emotions against you.
23) Adult’s aren’t babies; look after yourself before parenting somebody else.
24) Just because something is ‘new’ doesn’t mean it’s good.
25) Never abdicate your responsibility to think to another human
26) Don’t mistake your healthy need for connection with unhealthy compulsive conversation
27) Beware of others’ expectations of you. You do not exist to make other people happy.
28) If you don’t know someone then you don’t know what they really think.
29) Beware of the introduction of a ‘new set of morals’.
30) Understand that if you’re not pursuing your own dreams, you are probably a pawn in the realization of somebody else’s dreams.