Life Advice
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Life Advice
Increase your surface area for luck
The last couple times I was looking for a project, I made a point of meeting as many people doing related work as I could, even if there was no obvious benefit to doing so. At first, I did this just to advertise my existence to people as I entered a new field, because someone is always hiring or looking for a... See more
The last couple times I was looking for a project, I made a point of meeting as many people doing related work as I could, even if there was no obvious benefit to doing so. At first, I did this just to advertise my existence to people as I entered a new field, because someone is always hiring or looking for a... See more
Cate Hall • How to Be More Agentic
Novelist Charles Kingsley on happiness:
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.”
9 most useful piece of advice I’ve received
collinmathilde.medium.com
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Additional new bits of advice I wished I had known earlier (not in my book), as my gift on my 73 birthday:
• The best way to criticize something is to make something better.
• Admitting that “I don’t know” at least once a day will make you a better... See more
Kevin Kellyx.comFind a compass, not a map. A map might give you directions from A to B, but a compass will help you find true north wherever you are.
Simone Stolzoff • How to Find Clarity When You’re at a Career Crossroads
You don't need a goal, you need a theme:
"With a theme, happiness becomes more about how you behave rather than what you achieve. Life is not a series of wins and losses. Though our highs and lows may shock us, lift us up, and forever shape our memories, they do not define us. Most of life happens in the in-between,... See more
21 best ideas in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay on Self Reliance (via justin murphy)
Most people do not trust their own beliefs. The essence of genius is simply to trust yourself—to infer that whatever seems most true in your heart is most true in reality—and for everybody else, too, despite whatever they may claim.
There is hardly anything more painful