--- title: 7 Simple Rules to Make Life Better for Developers description: Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond to it, says Linghesh Ganes. Form new habits continuously and build healthy and positive relationships.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/7-simple-rules-to-make-life-better-for-developers-t8ikttzgr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 7 Simple Rules to Make Life Better for Developers | daily.dev og:description: Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond to it, says Linghesh Ganes. Form new habits continuously and build healthy and positive relationships.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/7-simple-rules-to-make-life-better-for-developers-t8ikttzgr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/T8IkttZGR.png og:image:alt: 7 Simple Rules to Make Life Better for Developers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 7 Simple Rules to Make Life Better for Developers **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · 5 min read · 28 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond to it, says Linghesh Ganes. Form new habits continuously and build healthy and positive relationships. Find a mentor to help you change your life for the better, and adapt to the virtual environment. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@lorenalgm** · 2 upvotes > Awesome! **@flzpenteado** · 2 upvotes > Amazing post! **@idoshamun** · 1 upvotes > Ilona shares her genuine tips for improving our lives. It has nothing to do with coding but you must check this list out. She also provides references for further reading. **@dinoburoh** · 1 upvotes > Worth the read. Inspiring and the rules are indeed simple. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/7-simple-rules-to-make-life-better-for-developers-t8ikttzgr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"7 Simple Rules to Make Life Better for Developers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-simple-rules-to-make-life-better-for-developers-t8ikttzgr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-simple-rules-to-make-life-better-for-developers-t8ikttzgr"},"datePublished":"2020-09-15T09:20:17.546Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond to it, says Linghesh Ganes. 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