Don’t Cling to Your Mistakes
“Don’t cling to a mistake just because it took you a long time to make it.” —Aubrey de Grey
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Invest in Knowledge
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
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Choose Happiness
I no longer try to be right; I choose to be happy.
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Dealing with Temporary Unpopularity
If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group, then to hell with them.
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Why You Should Forgive Your Enemies (lol)
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. —Oscar Wilde
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Don’t Waste Time
The most important thing I discovered a few days after turning 65 is that I can’t waste any more time...
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One of the Most Important Choices You Will Ever Make
Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life.
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Who Do You Please?
I am not bound to please thee with my answers.
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Live Fast, Die Young
Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse.
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Your Most Valuable Assets
Remember that reputation and integrity are your most valuable assets and can be lost in a heartbeat.
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Eliminate What Not to Do
Quickly eliminate the big universe of what not to do, follow up with a fluent, multidisciplinary attack on what remains,...
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Your Behavior in One Place
How you behave in one place, will help in surprising ways later.
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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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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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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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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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Go to the Party
Go to the party even when you don’t want to.
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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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Focus on Solutions
Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.
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Focus on Why
We each focus on what we’re going to buy, but that’s an incorrect focus. Focus instead on why you want...
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Focus on What You Can Fix
Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change – focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you...
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Focus on a Specific Target
I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on...
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Love Forgives Everything
Remember that love forgives everything.
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Who Life Belongs To
Remember that your life belongs to others as well. Don’t risk it frivolously.
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Never Lie for Any Reason
Never lie to anyone for any reason. (Lies of omission are sometimes exempt.)
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Learn Others’ Needs
Learn the needs of those around you and respect them.
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Pursue Your Mission
Avoid the pursuit of happiness. Seek to define your mission and pursue that.
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