Sacrificing is often the trade-off between short-term suffering vs. long-term thinking and considerations for future generations
Buyer Beware: the shortcut to the long road
Self-pity feels like medicine and works like venom
Be skeptical of “conventional wisdom” and don’t be surprised when it leads you astray
Buyer Beware of Commitments: premature ones, ones made far into the future, or made with inspiration from your past self
The only success that really matters is getting what you want out of life
Everything in life expands to the amount of time, space, budget, _______ (fill in the blank) allotted (hence the notion of “bigger, more” can be a useful alarm bell)
Learning to quiet the “I need to”, “I have to”, and “I should” voices is one of the fastest ways to creating a life filled with more HELL YES moments
There is no such thing as “over communication”—most problems in life are rooted in varying layers of communication failures
The best way to get what you want is to start being deserving of what you want
A mini bottle of WD-40 around the house for anything squeaky or creaky pays a surprising amount of dividends
You cant observe yourself being present in the moment and still be present. You can only look back at the moments and realize that nothing else existed in the world except that moment. Games with friends is one of the highest conversion rates to making that happen—board games, sporting events, live music, dinner parties, arcades, etc.
Play little games & gambles with your friends to create days and nights of spontaneity, wandering, and leaving your fate to the role of a dice
For every hour being out past 10pm and every drink past 6 or 7pm, you’re usually trading at least one life hour the following day
The snooze button trains you to oversleep and consistently have days in which you don’t show up as your best self
Thee best time to visit the world’s most popular tourist destinations is when it’s rainy or stormy
The bad days are what give the good days meaning; without shitty days, there would be no “good” days.
Leave notes to yourself, old photos, and journal entries in the books you read to find pleasant surprises when you revisit your favorites for a second or third read.
All feelings and energy are contagious
What am I tolerating, but shouldn’t be?
Flexibility in opinions & conclusions > being right
Four words to use often and freely for a better life: “You’re right. I’m sorry.”
Restart your computer at the end of every work day for max daily PC performance—you’ll be shocked how fewer intermittent problems you encounter (and this rule generally applies to most electronic devices)
Perfectionism is the enemy
Be careful of becoming overly dependent on your routine
The pain of losing hurts 5x the thrill of winning feels good
When things start going really good, watch out–green lights fade to yellow lights, yellow to red, red to green, and so it goes, the cycle of life
Build a life with anchors where unfinished things don’t have to live in your nervous system
It doesn’t always have to be about the process, sometimes it really is about the outcome and that’s okay.
Learn barber shop language — the exact right thing to say to your barber to get the haircut you want every time, and learn to say the things you don’t want them to do before they get started so you can avoid the little kid haircut
The best solution to diarrhea: double daily water intake and double electrolytes
Share the earthly delights of humans with your pets when appropriate to enrich their lives
Start with hard and uncomfortable — in business, in life, in relationships
Aspire to be the ideal client you want to work with
There are certain things in life that just happen as you get older, like kimchi, flossing, olives and onions.
Keep a healthy stock of your favorite meds, supplements, teas, and tinctures for the mornings when you unexpectedly wake up sick—the “I feel like shit” run to your local CVS is always a slog
Stop spending your time on luke warms, maybes, half yes’s, and kinda want to’s
Your network is your algorithm. You don’t to rely on an intrusive algo run by a demigod if you have a strong network; your network curates the algo organically
Don’t be surprised if you’re cast aside at the exact moment you most need to be included
The only way to move a mountain is to start with one pebble at a time–‘chop wood, carry water.’
Default optimist > default pessimist
It is inevitable that the things you own, end up owning you
Your intuition will be loudest when you have strayed furthest from “the path”—when you’re in flow and on the right path, your intuition will often be parked in the monastery giving you the green light to keep going
If you have a train, bus, boat, car, or flight (regardless of how short or early it is), consider the entire day a “travel day” rather than trying to fit in plans in between packing, cleaning, last minute prep, transportation, and meals
I'm passionate about sharing my ideas and synthesis of other people's ideas in a condensed manner. My hope is that it may allow people to quickly extract and apply to improve the quality of their every day lives, becoming more awakened to themselves and the universal energy that feeds all of us.
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