A self-aware approach to life would include the following prescriptions, which were drawn up by Deepak Chopra and Dr. Rudy Tanzi for the book, Super Brain:

• Be passionate about your life and the experiences you fill it with.
• Remain open to as much input as possible.
• Don’t shut down the feedback loop with judgment, rigid beliefs, and prejudices.
• Don’t censor incoming data through denial.
• Examine other points of view as if they were your own.
• Take possession of everything in your life. Be self-sufficient.
• Work on psychological blocks like shame and guilt – they falsely color your reality.
• Free yourself emotionally – to be emotionally resilient is the best defense against growing rigid.
• Harbor no secrets – they create dark places in the psyche.
• Be willing to redefine yourself every day.
• Don’t regret the past or fear the future. Both bring misery through self-doubt.