If your aim is to be miserable most of the time, the following ten actions will help you reach that state of misery in record time:

• Think only about yourself. Talk much about yourself. Include “I” as much as you can in every conversation.

• Pay close attention to what people think and say about you.

• Expect to be appreciated.

• Cultivate suspicion, jealousy and envy.

• Be sensitive to every sight insult. Never forgive a criticism.

• Trust nobody but yourself.

• Insist upon special consideration.

• Demand that everyone agree with your views and opinions on everything.

• Shirk your duties and responsibilities if you can.

• Do as little as possible for other people.

The story is told of a young man who came to a renowned doctor in Paris complaining of depression. He asked what he could do to get well. The doctor thought of a well-known young man named Grimaldi, a leader of high society who cut a wide and lighthearted swath through
Paris nightlife.

The doctor told the young man, “Introduce yourself to Grimaldi. Let him show you how to enjoy yourself and you will get well.”

The downcast young patient looked up with a sardonic smile and said, “I am Grimaldi.”

1. We make wrong decisions.
2. We make wrong assessments of people.
3. We make wrong judgments.
4. We use wrong strategies.
5. We pursue wrong projects.
6. We set wrong schedules.
7. We make wrong appointments.
8. We react wrong in crisis.
9. We draw wrong conclusions.
10. We pick wrong solutions.