Don‘t wait in line to eat something famous. It is rarely worth the wait.
Purchase the most recent tourist guidebook to your home town or region. You’ll learn a lot by playing the tourist once a year.
For the best results with your children， spend only half the money you think you should， but double the time with them.
Art is whatever you can get away with.
Getting cheated occasionally is the small price for trusting the best of everyone， because when you trust the best in others， they generally treat you best.
It’s possible that a not-so smart person， who can communicate well， can do much better than a super smart person who can’t communicate well. That is good news because it is much easier to improve your communication skills than your intelligence.
It’s thrilling to be extremely polite to rude strangers.
Average returns sustained over an above-average period of time yield extraordinary results. Buy and hold.
The only productive way to answer “what should I do now？” is to first tackle the question of “who should I become？”
When you arrive at your room in a hotel， locate the emergency exits. It only takes a minute.
What you actually pay for something is at least twice the listed price because of the energy， time， money needed to set it up， learn， maintain， repair， and dispose of at the end. Not all prices appear on labels. Actual costs are 2x listed prices.
A wise man said， “Before you speak， let your words pass through three gates. At the first gate， ask yourself， “Is it true？” At the second gate ask， “Is it necessary？” At the third gate ask， “Is it kind？”
You can be whatever you want， so be the person who ends meetings early.
By used books. They have the same words as the new ones. Also libraries.
Your best job will be one that you were unqualified for because it stretches you. In fact only apply to jobs you are unqualified for.
You can‘t reason someone out of a notion that they didn’t reason themselves into.
We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day， and underestimate what we can achieve in a decade. Miraculous things can be accomplished if you give it ten years. A long game will compound small gains to overcome even big mistakes.
You will be judged on how well you treat those who can do nothing for you.
90% of everything is crap. If you think you don’t like opera， romance novels， TikTok， country music， vegan food， NFTs， keep trying to see if you can find the 10% that is not crap.