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.
When you don’t know how much to pay someone for a particular task， ask them “what would be fair” and their answer usually is.
You cannot get smart people to work extremely hard just for money.
To keep young kids behaving on a car road trip， have a bag of their favorite candy and throw a piece out the window each time they misbehave.
When you open paint， even a tiny bit， it will always find its way to your clothes no matter how careful you are. Dress accordingly.
Make stuff that is good for people to have.
What you do on your bad days matters more than what you do on your good days.