CONTENTS

Preface

PART I — Bunkhouse Logic: The Spirit of the Cowboy

PART II — Bunkhouse Logic: What It Is and What It Is Not

PART III — Bunkhouse Logic: Random Notes Before You Start

PART IV — Preparing for the Game

1. Decide What You Want

•   Trips and Destinations

•   Dreaming and Thinking

•   The Uses of Envy

•   The Escape Hatch

2. Ask for What You Want

•   No Answers Without Prayers

•   Letting Others Know

•   The Key Soul

•   The Key Person Is You

•   The Cowboy Again

•   Don’t Ask for What You Don’t Want

•   Life’s Role Model Agency

•   Summing Up

3. You Can’t Win if You’re Not at the Table

•   The Casino of Life

PART VThe Rules of the Game

Rule of the Game No. 1:
Concentrate on “How to”; Forget “Why Not”

•   Don’t Fence Yourself In

•   Disregard Negative Advice

•   Seek Out Those Who Know How to Get It Done

•   If You Thought It Was Bad Before

Rule of the Game No. 2:
Notice What Is, Not What Should Be

•   The Rules of Life Are Learned from Experience and Not from Logic

•   There Is No Heavenly Mandate That Things Will Work Out as They Should

•   Driving with Your Eyes Open

•   Bitter Medicine, but It Works

Rule of the Game No. 3: Luck Is Catching

•   Everybody Needs Luck

•   The Rational View

•   The Typhoid Marys of Bad Luck—Stay Away

•   Don’t Let It Happen to You

Rule of the Game No. 4:
Life Is a Process, and the Process Never Ends

•   Good-bye, Johnny B. Goode

•   The Big Deal Is Alive and Well in Argentina

•   The Silver Lining

Rule of the Game No. 5:
Nothing Happens by Itself

•   Three Parables about Doing It Yourself

•   The Way It Goes

Rule of the Game No. 6:
The Best Is the Enemy of the Good

•   Perfectionism—The Great Crippler of Young Adults

Rule of the Game No. 7:
Personal Relationships Are Golden

•   It’s Not What You Know

•   No Brownnosers Need Apply

Rule of the Game No. 8: Persistence

•   The One Indispensable Ingredient

Rule of the Game No. 9: Make Time Your Ally

•   Never Call Back Time in Its Winged Flight

•   Let It Bleed

Rule of the Game No. 10: Nice Guys Finish First

•  The Face in the Mirror

•   Do It for Yourself

Conclusion

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