Life Advice

Tips for happiness, family, networking etc.

The purpose of life is to experience things for which you will later experience nostalgia

6. One of the clearest signs of intelligence is being able to hear an opinion you disagree with and not act emotionally

There’s nothing wrong with ambition. There’s nothing wrong with dreaming big. There's nothing wrong with building for the future.

But there is something wrong with doing it at the expense of appreciating the present.

Tiny Lessons
1. Selflessness is fearless.
2. Presence beats confidence.
3. Your mind quits long before your body.
4. There's no failure, only feedback.
5. Discomfort is your teacher.
6. Fear is self-centered.
7. Perfectionism limits excellence.
8. Vacation shouldn't be an escape.
9. Give 100% of what's available today, not 100% of perfect.
10. Presence

Mandatory work earns you a living. Voluntary work earns you a future.

The work you do during regular hours earns you a paycheck, but it's what you do (or don't do) outside of those hours that earns you opportunity.

I've seen many people fight this insight, and almost none of them win.

You won’t learn anything unless it hurts your feelings or costs you money.”

“I can’t be everything to everyone. I kind of made peace with it years ago—that at this particular phase of my life, this is what I need and this is what I want. It’s also the reason why I’m very particular about who I spend my time with because I do believe that there are genuinely energy vampires and energy catalysts in humans.”

The best are always learning.

Read like crazy.
Think alone.
Keep a journal.
Write stuff down the moment you see it.
Review regularly.
Memorize the big ideas to fluency.
Attack your best ideas.
And never get high on your own supply.

You don't have to be gifted. You do have to be deliberate.

Philosopher Simone Weil on the gift of offering someone your whole and complete focus:

"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."