N.Y.C Survival Guide III: 12 Commandments of The New Yorker’s Bible

As with all cities, there is a community camaraderie and shared understanding which governs the NYC  M.O. Here are some of them:

1- You are expected to push and fight for EVERYTHING (a place in line, your way at customer service, the subway, career opportunities…)

2- Never walk around something if you can push you way through it.

3- There is never enough time in the day to do all that you want, but still you try.

4- Sleeping in on the weekends is nothing to congratulate yourself for or admit to.

5- The world would be a better place without “indecisive people” (or tourists that stop in the middle of the sidewalk).

6- Impossible does not exist (and if it does, is either hypothetical or used as an example of how other cities run).

7- The deadline was (and always) will be “Yesterday” and there are no excuses.

8- Most of your NYC lifetime will be spent climbing stairs- literally and metaphorically.

9- Each person has a closet Type A personality and it lives through “mental checklists”.

10- New Yorkers “engineer” structurally-sound ways to ensure their dreams are executed properly and with precision;  Dreamers fly their dreams like kites...with string.

11- Juggling at least two career lives is standard.

12- Your motto is “Live to Work” (not vice-versa).

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