Category Archives: Life Lessons
Give People Eulogies
Don’t just pay people compliments; give them living eulogies. Tell them exactly how great they are, in how many ways.
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Don’t Resolve Fundamental Conflicts
Don’t try to resolve fundamental conflicts with your spouse or roommates. The only people who win marital arguments about bedrock...
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Be Grateful No Matter What
Be grateful. No matter how awful your life seems at the moment, you have something to be grateful for. Focus on it...
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Make More Dinner Rolls
Always make more dinner rolls than you think you can eat. For some reason, dinner rolls loom much larger in...
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Try a New Dish
Always order one extra dish at a restaurant, an unfamiliar one. You might like it, which would be splendid.
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Go to the Party
Go to the party even when you don’t want to.
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Dropping Out
I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out ok.
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Hiding in the Fog
Do not hide unwanted things in the fog.
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I didn’t get to where I am by going after mediocre opportunities.
Related Topics: going after, mediocre, opportunities Smart People Do Dumb Things
Smart people do dumb things.
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Positive Lessons Trick
The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life’s negative moments.
Related Topics: learning, life lessons, positive lessons Trust in Something
You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down,...
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Life Goes On
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.
Related Topics: continuum, lessons, life, life's lessons Learning When to Quit
Life in part is like a poker game, wherein you have to learn to quit sometimes when holding a much...
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A majority of life’s errors are caused by forgetting what one is really trying to do.
Related Topics: forgetting, life's errors, majority, trying The Value of an Idea or Fact
An idea or a fact is not worth more merely because it’s more available to you.
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