Make decisions that your 80-year old self and 10-year-old self would be proud of.
Your 80-year-old self cares about the long-term compounding of the positive and negative decisions of today.
Your 10-year-old self reminds you to stay foolish and have some fun along the way.
Most of your friends aren’t really your friends.
They’re just along for the ride when it’s fun, convenient, or valuable.
Your real friends are the ones who are there for you when its none of those things—there for you when you have nothing to offer in return.
Cherish them.
You won't know what you want to be when you grow up—and that's fine!
The idea that you should know what you want to do with your life by the time you're 18 is one of the greatest absurdities of modern culture.
Some of the greatest minds admit they are still figuring it out.
Stop caring so much what other people think of you.
You don't have to be all things to all people. Honestly, it's probably an impossible pursuit anyway.
If you're being different, moving fast, and making things happen, you're probably going to piss some people off.
That's ok.
Stop trying to be INTERESTING and focus on being INTERESTED.
Interested people are prone to giving their deep attention to something to discover more about it.
They open up to the world around them—they ask questions & observe.
Being interested is a key to a fulfilling life.
Create your own maps.
You can read every self-help book in the world and study every framework and mental model in existence, but ultimately the only way to learn is by fucking it up.
Reading and studying is nothing without battle-testing.
Make moves and create your own maps.
Call your parents more often—they won't be around forever.
When you're young and arrogant, death is a theoretical construct.
Realize the people you love won't be there forever.
If your parents are 60 and you visit once a year, you may only see them 20 more times in your life.
Finding the truth is much more important than being right.
The most successful people legitimately enjoy being wrong.
Learn to embrace new information that forces you to change your viewpoint—these are "software updates" that improve upon the old.
Open mindsets rule the world.
Cut the boat anchors out of your life.
As you continue to progress, there will be people who—intentionally or unintentionally—try to hold you back.
They tell you to come back home. They tell you to be realistic. They laugh at your ambition.
Eliminate them from your life.
Focus on the green lines, not the black lines.
Consider this image from @waitbutwhy:
Black Lines = paths closedGreen Lines = paths open
Stop focusing on the black lines behind you. Start focusing on all of the green lines before you.
It’s a future with immense opportunity.
Compartmentalization is a superpower.
The world's highest achievers have all developed an uncanny ability to compartmentalize.
They turn off all outside stressors and stimuli and focus exclusively on the task at hand.
If you can learn how to do this, the world is yours.
Not all decisions are reversible, but most of them are.
We have this false belief that all of our decisions are permanent. It holds us back from taking bold action.
The reality: most decisions are reversible.
Assume reversibility and focus on how costly the reversal will be.
Your college grades don't matter much, but your energy for learning does.
Never let school get in the way of your education.
Standardized curriculums and rote memorization won't get you very far.
Enthusiasm for learning and curiosity will.
Find what inspires you and go deep.
Learn the power of intensity and consistency.
Intensity is nothing without consistency.
Consistency is nothing without intensity.
When the two come together, you can move mountains.
Build a tribe of mentors.
Mentorship has become overly formal.
We are told to have ONE MENTOR who meets with you X times per month for X minutes.
It's a big ask of one person!
Instead, build a TRIBE OF MENTORS that is wide & deep.
Embrace the cross-pollination of insights.
You have to work hard to achieve great things.
It's in vogue to say that working smart is all that matters. I disagree.
I've never met a legendary winner who didn't work hard. Hard work will never go out of style.
To achieve great things, take pride in working hard AND smart.
Learn to take a punch.
It's important to have a plan.
But as Mike Tyson famously said, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."
Life is going to punch you in the mouth. Learn to absorb and pivot on the fly.
It's hard to lose if you just keep getting up.
Learn to build OR learn to sell—better yet, learn to build AND sell.
To be successful, you either need to learn how to build or how to sell.
Not technical? That's ok—if you can sell, you'll always make it.
People who know how to build AND sell are unbeatable.
(h/t @naval)
You know nothing, but you're not alone.
Youthful arrogance and naïveté gets us into a lot of trouble.
The world is exceedingly dynamic and complex. It's ok to let your guard down and admit you know nothing.
It's ok to feel overwhelmed—you're not alone.
Focus your energy on building core foundational macro skills.
Macro skills include:• Thinking• Writing• Learning
These skills are broadly-applicable to any future pursuits.
If you can master them, you'll always be able to find productive, fulfilling work.
Closed mouths don't get fed.
Sometimes all it takes is a little push.
If you want something—and you’ve done the work to deserve it—go ask for it.
Worst case—you’re told no.
Best case—it’s yours.
Stop fearing being different—your difference is your edge.
Growing up, we fear being different. We desperately want to fit in and avoid feeling alone.
Remember that being different is your edge—your ultimate competitive advantage.
No one can compete with you, at being you.
Stop following the paths that other people have created for you.
People will tell you to follow a specific, well-trodden path.
Create your own instead.
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost
翻译精选：
你的大多数朋友并不是你真正的朋友。他们只是在好玩、方便或有价值的时候随大流。真正的朋友是那些在你无计可施时仍然支持你的人。珍惜他们。
不要太在意别人对你的看法。你不必成为所有人的一切。老实说，这可能是一个不可能的追求。如果你与众不同，行动迅速，让事情发生，你可能会惹恼一些人。没关系。
不要试图变得有趣，把注意力集中在感兴趣上。感兴趣的人倾向于对某件事投入深度关注，以发现更多有关它的信息。他们对周围的世界敞开心扉，提出问题并观察。有兴趣是充实生活的关键。
创建自己的地图。你可以阅读世界上每一本自助书籍，研究现存的每一个框架和心智模式，但最终学习的唯一方法就是把它搞砸。读书和学习不经过考验就什么也不是。行动起来，创建你自己的地图。
经常给父母打电话，他们不会永远在你身边。当你年轻自大的时候，死亡是一个理论建构。要知道你爱的人不会永远在那里。如果你的父母60岁了，而你一年只看望他们一次，那么你一生中可能只能再见到他们20次。
发现真相比正确要重要得多。最成功的人都喜欢犯错。学会接受迫使你改变观点的新信息——这些都是改进旧信息的“软件更新”。开放的心态统治世界。
切断你生命中的船锚。随着你不断进步，总会有人有意或无意地试图阻止你。他们让你回家。他们告诉你要现实一点。他们嘲笑你的野心。把他们从你的生活中剔除。
划分是一种超能力。世界上最成功的人都有一种不可思议的能力，把自己区分开来。他们关掉所有外部的压力和刺激，只专注于手头的任务。如果你能学会这样做，世界就是你的。
不是所有的决定都是可逆的，但大多数都是。我们有一种错误的信念，认为我们所有的决定都是永恒的。它阻碍我们采取大胆行动。事实是:大多数决定都是可逆的。假设可逆性，并将重点放在逆转的代价上。
你的大学成绩并不重要，但你的学习精力至关重要。永远不要让学校成为你受教育的障碍。标准化的课程和死记硬背不会让你走得太远。学习的热情和好奇心会。找到激励你的东西，然后深入研究。
学习强度和坚持的力量。没有连贯性，强度就什么都不是。没有强度，坚持就什么都不是。当这两者结合在一起时，你就可以移山了。
建立一个导师部落。师徒制已经变得过于正式。我们被告知有一名导师，每个月与你会面X次，每次X分钟。这对一个人来说是个很大的要求!相反，建立一个广泛而深入的导师部落。拥抱洞见的交叉传粉。
你必须努力工作才能成就大事。现在流行这样一种说法:聪明地工作才是最重要的。我不同意。我从来没有遇到过一个不努力工作的传奇赢家。努力工作永远不会过时。要取得伟大的成就，以勤奋和聪明的工作为荣。
学会承受攻击。有个计划很重要！！！。但正如迈克·泰森(Mike Tyson)的名言所说:“每个人都有一个计划，直到他们被揍了一拳。”生活会给你一拳。学会在飞行中吸收和旋转。如果你一直站起来，就很难失败。
学习建造或者更好地销售，学习建造和销售。要想成功，你要么需要学习如何建设，要么需要学习如何销售。不是技术?如果你能卖，那没关系，你总能成功。知道如何建造和销售的人是无敌的。
你什么都不知道，但你不是一个人。年轻的傲慢和naïveté给我们带来了很多麻烦。世界是极其动态和复杂的。放下你的防备，承认你什么都不知道，这没什么。感到不知所措是正常的，你不是一个人
把你的精力集中在建立核心的基本技能上。宏观技能包括:思考、写作、学习这些技能广泛适用于未来的任何追求。如果你能掌握它们，你就能找到富有成效、令人满意的工作。
不要害怕与众不同——你的与众不同就是你的优势。成长过程中，我们害怕与众不同。我们拼命地想要融入社会，避免感到孤独。记住，与众不同是你的优势，你的最终竞争优势。没有人能和你竞争，做你自己。
不要走别人为你创造的道路。人们会告诉你要走一条明确的、习惯的路。相反，创建你自己的。树林里分出两条路，我选择了人迹更少的那条，从此改变了一切。——罗伯特·弗罗斯特
总结
1.读书，学习，实践。
2.制定计划很重要！！！
3.圈子交流会促进进步！！！
4.连贯和强度！！！
我做到了3点，要继续保持！
世界上最成功的人都有一种不可思议的能力，把自己区分开来。他们关掉所有外部的压力和刺激，只专注于手头的任务。如果你能学会这样做，世界就是你的。
Decisions:
- If you can’t decide, the answer is no.
- If two equally difficult paths, choose the one more painful in the short term (pain avoidance is creating an illusion of equality).
- Choose the path that leaves you more equanimous in the long term.
~Naval
菜根谭
居盈满者，如水之将溢未溢，切忌再加一滴；处危急者，如木之将折未折，切忌再加一搦。
不要用力过猛！