“Take The Hint”: 50 Things People Should Do That Are Basically “Unwritten Rules”

You can do everything right and still not win, sometimes that's just life.

If a toddler gives you a toy phone, you reply. If a little girl gives you an empty toy cup of tea, you pretend to drink. If a little boy shoots you with a toy gun, you pretend to be hurt.

If you wouldn’t take advice from someone, don’t take criticism from them either.

You remember far more embarrassing moments about yourself than your environment remembers about you.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them!!

If someone tells you something that

- is private

- isn't illegal, immoral, or otherwise putting anyone's life or finances or property at risk

then keep it the f**k to yourself unless prompted otherwise by that person.

Character is what you do/who you are when no one is watching.

Don’t waste time trying to convince people to care about you. They will or they won’t.

Not every bad person is going to suffer or have some karma happen to them.

As a dog owner I would like to see more people ask if its okay to pet the dog, not just go for it. Children are usually good at asking first, but way to many adults just go for it. My dog is not yours to just pet. Ask first. And deal with the answer sometimes will be no.

If you open something, close it.

Think of your future self not as your current state/mindset but as someone else you have to protect and provide for because that's who they are.

You don't know what they want differently than you do now, what has happened to them, their health, their tragedies, their triumphs, the lessons you haven't had yet, the changes you don't know you have to make, what feelings you have now that they don't... So make sure you're setting them up with the best intentions at heart. They are relying on you for stability & safety, and are watching you thru the memories you're creating now.

Never screw with someone’s lunch break. Most people hate their jobs, and that half hour to an hour they get to be on their own and enjoy their food and/or just time alone is sometimes the only peace and enjoyment they get for 8+ hours.

If you see someone eating in their car, park or walk somewhere else away from them so you don’t disturb them, if they’re in the office by themself, wait until they’re done to talk to them, if it’s close to the normal lunch hours (between 12-2PM), anything you need from that person can wait until after they get back from their lunch. Never. F**k. With. Lunch.

Your actions speak louder than your words.

Learning to 'read the room' is one of the most important, and probably underrated, social skills to have in your locker.

If you're leading a conversation and the other person/people start to look away, act slightly distracted, or interject with different topics, take the hint and change the subject.

Not everyone is as interested as you are in your favourite topics. It doesn't mean you're boring (necessarily), but this isn't the right audience for whatever you're talking about right now.

I'm consistently blown away by the number of grown adults, even in their 30s or 40s, who haven't learned this yet and just yammer on obliviously.

Kindness will be the most valuable item you can use as currency. Without it, you lose long term value with everything we touch.

Examples of a person who invested with kindness?

Mister Rogers

He earned the respect and dignity of the world.

Think before you speak.

Try where possible to live for yourself and not for other’s expectations of you.

Ive always put this rule directly under the golden one. 

NEVER OVERSTAY YOUR WELCOME.

Self-awareness is a superpower, to be able to pat your own back and call yourself on your c**p is priceless.