There is no greater anti-brain environment than the classroom and cubicle.

If a student feels misunderstood because the teacher cannot connect with the way the student learns, the student may become isolated.

If someone does not feel safe with a teacher or boss, he or she may not perform as well.

Relationships helped us survive in the jungle and are critical to surviving at work and school today.

Our ability to understand each other is our chief survival tool.

We took over the world by learning to cooperate and forming teams with our neighbors. Our ability to solve problems, learn from mistakes, and create alliances with other people helps us survive. But then Matt witnesses Murdoch coming to a childs.

He retells his story through a letter that he intends to give to his youngest sister Emmy, who was too young to understand the events that went on when Nikki abused them and put them through more than just their fair share of pain.

The strongest brains survive, not the strongest bodies. For Matt and his sisters, life with their cruel, vicious mother is a day-to-day struggle for survival. 'The Rules of Survival' is about Matthew Walsh who lives with his two younger sisters and their abusive mother.We were not the strongest on the planet but we developed the strongest brains, the key to our survival.

It is designed to solve problems related to surviving in an unstable outdoor environment and to do so in nearly constant motion (to keep you alive long enough to pass your genes on).

Rules of survival summary