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I have had this list of habits by Ed Hallowell hanging on the wall of my cubicle for the last six years:

1. Do what you’re good at. Don’t spend too much time trying to get good at what you’re bad at. (You did enough of that in school.)
2. Delegate what you’re bad at to others, as often as possible.
3. Connect your energy to a creative outlet.
4. Get “well enough” organized to achieve your goals.
5. Ask for, and heed, advice from people you trust – and ignore, as best you can, the dream-breakers and finger-waggers.
6. Make sure you keep up regular contact with a few close friends.
7. Go with your positive side. Even though you have a negative side, make decisions and run your life with your positive side.

I especially like habits 1 and 5.

MARK SHIELDS: There is one great strength here that Romney does have, and I think it’s been overlooked.

And that is, the Republican position has been, we want to increase revenue without raising the rates. So that means closing tax loopholes or tax expenditures. There’s nobody who knows more about tax loopholes and tax expenditures than Mitt Romney. I mean, he brings an extra…

JUDY WOODRUFF: I thought you were about to say this is positive.

MARK SHIELDS: No, that is positive.

Zing!