Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

Learning probability and statistics is far more useful than learning algebra and calculus.

Ask funders for money and they’ll give you advice; but ask for advice and they’ll give you money.

Let someone know you remembered their name and they won’t ever forget yours. To help remember their name repeat it on first hearing.

You will complete your mission in life when you figure out what your mission in life is. Your purpose is to discover your purpose. This is not a paradox. This is the way.

The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse.

When someone tells you about the peak year of human history the period of time when things were good before things went downhill it will always be the year when they were 10 years old— which is the peak of any human’s existence. Factor that into what they say.

It is so full that improvement can often be gained only by subtracting. Keep removing, until you can’t. End with wanting more, not less.

Be more generous than necessary. No one on their deathbed has ever regretted giving too much away.

Keep showing up. 99% of success is just showing up.