Focus on productive assets rather than stuff. Focus on developing skills rather than on passive entertainment. Gain the maximum in satisfaction with the minimum expenditure of money and energy.

Learning must become a habit (see Ergodicity and destiny) that is applied to all aspects of life before it can be said that a person is truly an educated person. This means that learning never stops.

Don't worry about whether you can eventually become an expert (see Gauging mastery). Rather, try to constantly improve on the subjects you already know and seek out useful things to learn.

Because of its flexibility and adaptability, it is important to realize that the web of goals strategy essentially is a process-oriented strategy rather that a goal-oriented strategy. On the meta level, a process-oriented strategy is primarily aimed at living, with goals being accomplished as side effects, whereas a goal-oriented strategy is aimed

Education is supposed to transform and build the character, mind, and body of the students.

The Dark Ages gradually ended six centuries ago with the Renaissance, which seeded new ideas for a different world. The Renaissance ideal dominated our culture until three centuries ago, from the 14th to the 18th century, when it was superseded by modernism. Not surprisingly, this human ideal has almost been forgotten in our culture. The Renaissanc

For some, status-driven experiences are sought out. Rather than refining experiences, like learning to identify bird songs during a walk in the park, new and more exorbitant experiences are sought out, and travel agencies are happy to offer them up. Many such trips resemble harried business trips rather than relaxing vacations. "Work hard, pla

Yet many runners and other people who do several hours of aerobic exercise each week often suffer from "fat aerobics instructor syndrome," with deposits of stubborn fat in annoying places that just won't go away and even increase. The problem is that running or aerobic exercise in itself does very little for fat loss. Low-intensity exerci

For our modern purposes, the fields can perhaps be grouped into seven generic fields--physiological, economical, intellectual, emotional, social, technical, and ecological. Initially, it may seem overwhelming to master such a wide array of subjects, and perhaps the idea is even incompatible with your personal preferences. However, the universal ide