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

To combat an adversary become their friend.

The best way to learn anything is to try to teach what you know.

When you are stuck explain your problem to others. Often simply laying out a problem will present a solution. Make “explaining the problem” part of your troubleshooting process.

Criticize in private, praise in public.

Calm is contagious. Be calm to help others.

To build strong children reinforce their sense of belonging to a family by articulating exactly what is distinctive about your family. They should be able to say with pride “Our family does X.”

Don’t wait in line to eat something famous. It is rarely worth the wait.

A problem that can easily be solved with money is not really a problem because its solution is obvious. Focus on problems with non-obvious solutions.

You have to first follow the rules with diligence in order to break them productively.