Number 10 - Preserve your memories.

"We forget allthings we thought we would never forget." 

 -Joan Didion,  too soon the American novelist & essayist 

Number 9 - Record your story.

"Every man’s memory is his private literature." 

 -Alduous Huxley, British author 

Number 8 - Explore your thoughts.

"If an idea’s worth having once, it’s worth having twice." 

 -Tom Stoppard, British dramatist & screenwriter 

Number 7 - Translate your thoughts into action.

"Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind."  

 -F. Scott Fitzgerald, US novelist 

Number 6 - Test-drive your ideas.

"Having an idea is like buying a car. You need to take it for a test drive. It might look good at first glance, but you need to see how it handles on the road and in traffic."  

-Anonymous 

Number 5 - Accomplish your goals.

"A goal without a plan is just a wish." 

-Antoine de Saint Exupery, French writer 

Number 4 - Know your mind.

"The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one’s own mind." 

-Francis H. Bradley, English philosopher 

Number 3 - Expand your mind.

"Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." 

-Oliver Wendell Holmes, US author & physician 

Number 2 - Engage your mind - it’s who you are.

"It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well." 

-René Descartes 

Number 1 - Find out what your limits are.

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it." 

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian actor & California governor