101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting is about how to make your life more enjoyable day-by-day, year-by-year! This inspirational guide is about all those really important life lessons that virtually all of us have already learned -- but for some mysterious reason -- keep forgetting. Adopting even one of these sometimes basic -- sometimes profound -- 101 concepts of living will help you experience a more meaningful, more relaxed lifestyle filled with happiness and fulfillment. What You Will Discover -- or Rediscover -- by Reading 101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting * The work ethic is a terrible mistake. * Predict your failures and you will become a highly successful prophet. * Don't buy expensive socks if you can never find them. * Nice people are often not good people and good people are often not nice people. * It's always easier to stay out of trouble than to get out of trouble. * Being right at all costs is like being a dead hero -- there is no payoff! * Good deeds are seldom remembered; bad deeds are seldom forgotten. * To double your success rate, just double your failure rate. * Ten million dollars cannot buy what great friendship can. * If the grass on the other side of the fence is greener, try watering your side. Above all, 101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting presents commonsense advice to help you live a happier, health ier, and wealth ier life! Note: From Dedication Page: Dedicated to My Wonderful Mother Violet Zelinski (Waselyna Gordychuk) August 5, 1921 – February 8, 2007 Who passed away while I was completing this book — and meant so much to her friends , her relatives, and me for so many years. We all love you and miss you dearly. About Author Ernie Zelinski : Ernie Zelinski is the author of the bestseller How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free (over 110,000 copies sold and reviewed by Quintessential Careers Book Reviews ), Career Success Without a Real Job , and the international bestseller The Joy of Not Working (over 225,000 copies sold and published in 17 languages). Ernie is presently completing two new works titled Look Ma, Life's Easy and The Joy of Being Retired Some Quotes about Retirement and Other Topics by Ernie Zelinski : To fear retirement is to fear life. — from How to Retire Happy, Wild and Free Prosperity Comes When You Do the Right Things with Your Life — from Career Success Without a Real Job Retirement: A Time to Become Much More than You Have Ever Been — from How to Retire Happy, Wild and Free