Probably 2-3 months ago, I read some awesome tips for life on a website and had saved it so that I can read it later. Today, finally I revisited my saved copy and was amazed to read these tips once again. I think that the tips are valuable one and so I am posting it here for the benefit of others.
1. The world
is trying to keep you stupid. From bank fees to interest
rates to miracle diets, people who are not educated are easier to get money from and easier to lead. Educate yourself
as much as possible for wealth, independence, and happiness.
2. Do not
have faith in institutions to educate you. By the time they build the curriculum, it’s likely that the system
is outdated– sometimes utterly broken.
You both learn and get respect from people worth getting it from by leading and
doing, not by following.
3. Read as
much as you can. Learn to speed read with high
retention.
4. Connect
with everyone, all the time. Be genuine about it. Learn to
find something you like in each person, and then speak to that thing.
5. Don’t
waste time being shy. Shyness is the belief that your
emotions should be the arbitrators of your decision making process when the opposite is actually true.
6. If you
feel weird about something during a relationship, that’s usually what you end
up breaking up over.
7. Have as
much contact as possible with older people.
8. Find
people that are cooler than you and hang out with them too.
This and the corollary are both important: “don’t attempt to be average inside
your group. Continuously attempt to be cooler than them (by doing cooler
things, being more laid back, accepting, ambitious, etc.).”
9. You will
become more conservative over time. This is just a fact. Those you surround yourself with create a
kind of “bubble” that pushes you to support the status quo. For this reason,
you need to do your craziest stuff NOW. Later on, you’ll become too afraid.
Trust me.
10. Reduce
all expenses as much as possible. I mean it. This creates a
safety net that will allow you to do the crazier shit I mentioned above.
11. Instead
of getting status through objects (which provide only temporary
boosts), do it through
experiences. In other words, a trip to Paris is a better choice than a new
wardrobe. Studies show this also boosts happiness.
12. While
you are living on the cheap, solve the money problem. Use the internet, because it’s like a cool little machine that
helps you do your bidding. If you are currently living paycheck to paycheck,
extend that to three weeks instead of two. Then, as you get better, you can
think a month ahead, then three months, then six, and finally a year ahead.
(The goal is to get to a point where you are thinking 5 years ahead.)
13. Learn to program.
14. Get a six-pack (or get thin, whatever your
goal is) while you are young.
Your hormones are in a better place to help you do this at a younger age. Don’t
waste this opportunity, trust me.
15. Learn to
cook. This will make everything much easier and it turns food from a
chore + expensive habit into a pleasant + frugal one.
16. Sleep
well. This and cooking will help with the six pack. If you think “I can
sleep when I’m dead” or “I have too much to do to sleep,” I have news for you:
you are INEFFICIENT, and sleep deprivation isn’t helping.
17. Get a
reminder app for everything. Do not trust your own brain for your
memory. Do not trust it for what you “feel like” you should be doing.
Trust only the reminder app.
18. Choose
something huge to do, as well as allowing the waves of opportunity to help you along.
If you don’t set goals,
some stuff may happen, but if you do choose, lots more will.
19. Get
known for one thing. Spend like 5 years doing it
instead of flopping around all over the place. If you want to shift afterwards,
go ahead. Like I said, choose something.
20. Don’t
try to “fix” anyone. Instead, look for someone who
isn’t broken.
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