Rules of Thumb: 44 Principles to Live, Work, and Thrive By

A stylish, timeless guide to laws and principles that can help us make decisions and navigate the chaos of everyday life.

There are laws of nature—like gravity, thermodynamics, and Newtonian principles—that help explain our reality. And then there are human laws, many of which cannot be scientifically proven and yet are clearly true.

The law of ketchup, for example: First there is nothing for a long time . . . then suddenly there is too much. Or physicist Douglas Hofstadter’s law: Everything ...