Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D. Ten Life Laws

• Life Law #1: You either get it, or you don't.
  Strategy (Action Level): Become one of those who get it.

  Life Law #2: You create your own experience.

  Strategy (Action Level): Acknowledge and accept accountability for your life.

  Life Law #3: People do what works.

  Strategy (Action Level): Identify the payoff that drive your behavior and that of others.

  Life Law #4: You cannot change what you do not acknowledge.

  Strategy (Action Level): Get real with your self and about life and everybody in it.

  Life Law #5: Life rewards action.

  Strategy (Action Level): Make careful decisions and then pull the trigger.

  Life Law #6: There is no reality; only perception.

  Strategy (Action Level): Identify the filters through which you view the world.

  Life Law #7: Life is managed; it is not cured.

  Strategy (Action Level): Learn to take charge of your life.

  Life Law #8: We teach people how to treat us.

  Strategy (Action Level): Own, rather than complain about how people treat you.

  Life Law #9: There is power in forgiveness.

  Strategy (Action Level): Open your eyes to what anger and resentment are doing to you.

  Life Law #10: You have to name it before you can claim it.

  Strategy (Action Level): Get clear about what you want and take your turn.