Some useful information about practical principles for a KSR:

5 steps for mental well being from a [[http://www.neweconomics.org/projects/five-ways-well-being|study in the UK]]:
  * Connect
  * Be active
  * Take notice
  * Keep learning
  * Give

This is evidence-based recommendations. I have not checked them myself, but should do sometime.

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Rule|The Golden Rule]]:

  * Treat others as you would like to be treated
  * Corollary (Silver Rule): Do not treat others in ways you would not like to be treated

Karen Amstrong [[http://blog.ted.com/2009/09/30/lets_revive_the/|proposing]] a revival of the Golden Rule. This in turn resulted into the [[http://charterforcompassion.org/|Charter for compassion]]

Also, I have not checked the evidence for the Golden Rule