Some people seem more contented, fulfilled, enthusiastic about life . . . just plain happier. Is it genes? Money? No. It's the choices they make, how they behave, every single day. Now, Templar brings together the rules that happy, successful people follow: small, simple, commonsense, doable rules that can change a person's life.

Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Rules for you -- Keep it under your hat -- You'll get older but not necessarily wiser -- Accept what is done is done -- Accept yourself -- Know what counts and what doesn't -- Dedicate your life to something -- Be flexible in your thinking -- Take an interest in the outside world -- Be on the side of the angels, not the beasts -- Only dead fish swim with the stream -- Be the last to raise your voice -- Be your own adviser -- No fear, no surprise, no hesitation, no doubt -- I wish I'd done that / and I will -- It's ok to give up -- Count to ten / or recite OÌ'Baa baa black sheep'.