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103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known
Six years ago I celebrated my 68th birthday by gifting my children 68 bits of advice I wished I had gotten when I was their age. Every birthday after that I added more bits of advice for them until I had a whole book of bits. That book was published a year ago as Excellent Advice for Living , which many people tell me they read very slowly, just on... See more
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1. Don’t confuse what you wish were true with what is really true. 2. Don’t worry about looking good—worry instead about achieving your goals. 3. Don’t overweight first-order consequences relative to second- and third-order ones. 4. Don’t let pain stand in the way of progress. 5. Don’t blame bad outcomes on anyone but yourself.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
Five things I've seen in common so far for guests on Good Work:
1. They pick a problem to focus on based on interests rooted in early life
2. They have a mission or focus on how they want to change things
3. Reliance on a community of support along the way
4. VERY high standards… Show more
Again, there is no shame in working hard for a better quality of life in the future. ‘You should live in the moment’ is as unhelpful an imperative as ‘You should believe in yourself and secure the future you want’. The only ‘should’ we need ever take on board is that we ‘should’ get on with our lives without hurting other people.