8 Random Things Learned From Living in Australia

1. If you don't ask, you don't get.
2. Focus on what can go right, not what might go wrong.
3. Keep looking for ways to add value to other people's lives. You will be happy and busy in a good way.
4. There is no failure, only feedback. Failure is personal and emotionally threatening. Feedback is neutral; it is what it is.
5. Everyone is looking at the world through seven chunks of information which are the result of what they have deleted, distorted and generalized. Your seven chunks can never be the same as the other person's seven chunks. Their map is not your map.
6. If you say no to the doorknocker or telemarketer, do so politely, not with irritation and never in an abusive manner. They are just doing their job. Why not be the rare customer who makes their day? "Determine on the noblest ways of dealing with all people."
7. There is always a way, and there is always a better way.
8. You always have a choice.