A list of 25 Principles of Adult Behavior by John Perry Barlow
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A list of 25 Principles of Adult Behavior by John Perry Barlow
Perhaps the three principles can be summed up as one important principle: Let others be free. Don’t try to tie them down with obligations, loyalties, duties, commitments, or appeals for sympathy. Make it your policy that you don’t expect anyone to do what isn’t in his self-interest.
Harry Browne • How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
sari and added
Here are the principles.
Optimize for aligned, empowered customers
Surrender control, and embrace emergence
Cede authority
Treat people as ends, not means
Enough is enough
Play long games
Tell the truth, even when it's scary
Create invitations, not ultimatums
Trust fully and unconditionally
rob hardy 🦌 • Non-Coercive Marketing: A Manifesto
Atmos Black added
Vadik Marmeladov's Codes of Practice:
1. Wear the uniform
2. Think long term (like 30 years from now)
3. Build stories and languages, not things
4. Create your own universe (or join ours)
5. Collect samples
6. Be a sample for somebody else
7. Look for loyalty, not for a skill set
8. Do not build utilitarian products. However, use them as ... See more
gabriel and added
• About 99% of the time, the right time is right now.
• No one is as impressed with your possessions as you are.
• Dont ever work for someone you dont want to become.
• Cultivate 12 people who love you, because they are worth more than 12 million people who like you.
• Dont keep making the same mistakes; try to make new mistakes.
• If you stop to listen
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Ray Dalio on (some of his) Principles:
1. Don't confuse what you wish were true with what is actually true.
2. Don't worry about looking good; worry instead about achieving your goals.
3. Don't overweight 1st order consequences relative to 2nd & 3rd order consequences.
4. Don't let pain stand in the way of progress.
5. Don't blame bad outcomes on an
Hasan Riaz added
Select 3 to 5 principles you believe are truly important and never want to violate.
Adam Smith • Slaying Your Fear: A guide for people who grapple with insecurity
Code of A Modern Gentleman 1. Never strike anyone so old, small, or weak that verbal abuse would have sufficed. 2. Never steal anything so small that you’ll have to go to an unpleasant city jail for it instead of a minimum security federal tennis prison. 3. Remember, the truth is rude. Consider the truth about where babies come from, especially som
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