- Succeed at home first
- Seek and merit divine help
- Never compromise with honesty
- Remember the people involved
- Hear both sides before judging
- Obtain counsel of others
- Defend those who are absent
- Be sincere yet decisive
- Develop one new proficiency a year
- Plan tomorrow’s work today
- Hustle while you wait
- Maintain a positive attitude
- Keep a sense of humor
- Be orderly in person and in work
- Do not fear mistakes- fear only the absence of creative, constructive, and corrective responses to those mistakes
- Facilitate the success of subordinates
- Listen twice as much as you speak
- Concentrate all abilities and efforts on the task at hand, not worrying about the next job or promotion