Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person. Votes: 34
Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed? Votes: 15
Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion. Votes: 12
Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause. Votes: 11
Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service. Votes: 11
Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person. Votes: 8
Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument. Votes: 8
Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father. Votes: 6
Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail. Votes: 5
Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments. Votes: 1
Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar. Votes: 0
Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list. Votes: 0
Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life. Votes: 0
Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head. Votes: 0
Know how to drive safely when it's raining or when it's snowing. The two conditions are different. Votes: 0
Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once. Votes: 0
Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway. Votes: 0
Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering. Votes: 0
Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do. Votes: 0
Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked. Votes: 0
Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning. Votes: 0
Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary. Votes: 0
I believe that one can indeed work on two or more tasks at once, but in ways yet to be understood. Votes: 0
One of the few articles of clothing that a man won't try to remove from a woman is an apron. Votes: 0
Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders. Votes: 0