"100 Rules for a Better Life"
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1.Wake up early.
2. Forget about outcomesâfocus on making a little progress every day.
3. Say no (a lot).
2. Forget about outcomesâfocus on making a little progress every day.
3. Say no (a lot).
4. Ask: Am I using this technology, or is it using me?
5. Read something every day.
6. Donât watch television news.
5. Read something every day.
6. Donât watch television news.
7. Comparison = unhappiness
8. Journal.
9. Strenuous exercise every single day.
8. Journal.
9. Strenuous exercise every single day.
10. Character is fate.
11. Practice the law of action, not attraction.
12. Get up when you fall/fail.
11. Practice the law of action, not attraction.
12. Get up when you fall/fail.
13. Prove your philosophy more than you talk about it (and thatâs not easy).
14. Donât argue with reality (facts) you donât like.
15. Itâs not about routine but about practices.
14. Donât argue with reality (facts) you donât like.
15. Itâs not about routine but about practices.
16. Follow the canvas strategy.
17. Do a kindness each day.
18. Every situation has two handlesâchoose to grab the âsmooth handle.â
17. Do a kindness each day.
18. Every situation has two handlesâchoose to grab the âsmooth handle.â
19. Success = autonomy.
20. Pick up trash when you see it.
21. If you want to be good and feel good, you have to do good. There is no escaping this.
20. Pick up trash when you see it.
21. If you want to be good and feel good, you have to do good. There is no escaping this.
22. Deliberately think about death. Every day, multiple times a day.
23. âTrust the process.â
24. Do your jobâwhatever it isâwell, because how you do anything is how you do everything.
23. âTrust the process.â
24. Do your jobâwhatever it isâwell, because how you do anything is how you do everything.
25. Always choose âAlive Time.â
26. Whatâs a book that changed your life? is a question you can ask to change your life⊠if you read the books.
27. Forget âquality timeâ; embrace garbage time.
26. Whatâs a book that changed your life? is a question you can ask to change your life⊠if you read the books.
27. Forget âquality timeâ; embrace garbage time.
28. Do the verb, rather than being the noun.
29. Take walks.
30. The present is enough.
29. Take walks.
30. The present is enough.
31. Fuel the habit bonfire.
32. Have a philosophy.
33. Make time for philosophy.
32. Have a philosophy.
33. Make time for philosophy.
34. Donât just readâyou must read to lead.
35. Collect little sayings about how to live (keep a commonplace book).
36. Stop looking for shortcuts. Do the work.
35. Collect little sayings about how to live (keep a commonplace book).
36. Stop looking for shortcuts. Do the work.
37. Let it goâthose who wrong you wrong themselves.
38. Spend time with old people.
39. When evaluating an opportunity, ask yourself: What will teach me the most?
38. Spend time with old people.
39. When evaluating an opportunity, ask yourself: What will teach me the most?
40. Purpose, not passion. (One is about you, the other about something bigger than you.)
41. Have kids. (Being a parent is your most important job).
42. Read biographiesâthe best way to study the lives of the greats.
41. Have kids. (Being a parent is your most important job).
42. Read biographiesâthe best way to study the lives of the greats.
43. Donât try to beat other people, try to be the only one doing what youâre doing (âCompetition is for losersâ).
44. Know why you do what you do.
45. Be strict with yourself and forgiving of others.
46. Donât post pictures of
44. Know why you do what you do.
45. Be strict with yourself and forgiving of others.
46. Donât post pictures of
47. Practice the art of negative visualization.
48. Cut toxic people out of your lifeâlife is too short.
49. Before starting any project, have a âdraw-down period.â
48. Cut toxic people out of your lifeâlife is too short.
49. Before starting any project, have a âdraw-down period.â
50. âIf youâve been blessed, be a blessing.â
51. Donât wait until later, do the thing now.
52. No day without some deep work.
51. Donât wait until later, do the thing now.
52. No day without some deep work.
53. Put yourself up for review (Interrogate yourself).
54. Ask yourself: How does this action Iâm about to take affect other people?
55. Donât take the money (see âsuccess = autonomyâ).
54. Ask yourself: How does this action Iâm about to take affect other people?
55. Donât take the money (see âsuccess = autonomyâ).
56. Always stay a student.
57. Break things down to see what they really are.
58. âIf you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.â
57. Break things down to see what they really are.
58. âIf you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.â
59. Build an Inner Citadel.
60. You must tame your temper.
61. Never recline your seat on an airplane. (See also: âHow do my actions affect others?â)
60. You must tame your temper.
61. Never recline your seat on an airplane. (See also: âHow do my actions affect others?â)
62. Belief in yourself is overrated. Generate evidence.
63. Never check the price on a book. Just buy it if you think youâll read it.
64. Good things happen in bookstores.
63. Never check the price on a book. Just buy it if you think youâll read it.
64. Good things happen in bookstores.
65. See what you can learn from every person you meetâeven people you donât like.
66. Set a bedtime.
67. A successful marriage is worth more than a successful career.
66. Set a bedtime.
67. A successful marriage is worth more than a successful career.
68. "Go straight to the seat of intelligence."
69. Human being, not human doing.
70. Amor fati.
69. Human being, not human doing.
70. Amor fati.
71. Go the f*ck to sleep.
72. âAlways say less than necessary.â â Robert Greene
73. Never take a phone call sitting down. Go outside and go for a walk.
72. âAlways say less than necessary.â â Robert Greene
73. Never take a phone call sitting down. Go outside and go for a walk.
74. Champion other peopleâs work (see my reading list email)
75. Make commitmentsâshort, regular deadlines that you have to meet.
76. Animals make life better
75. Make commitmentsâshort, regular deadlines that you have to meet.
76. Animals make life better
77. âAssociate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those who you are capable of improving.â
78. See the beauty in the mundane.
79. Print out good advice and put it right in front of your desk, or wherever you work everyday.
78. See the beauty in the mundane.
79. Print out good advice and put it right in front of your desk, or wherever you work everyday.
80. Remember: Nobody is thinking about you. Theyâre too busy thinking about themselves.
81. Donât just read books, re-read books.
82. Make haste, slowly.
81. Donât just read books, re-read books.
82. Make haste, slowly.
83. Donât talk about projects until youâre finished.
84. Go into the wilderness.
85. Try to see opportunities where others see obstacles.
84. Go into the wilderness.
85. Try to see opportunities where others see obstacles.
86. Inner scorecard vs. outer scorecard.
87. Have unrelated hobbies.
88. You donât solve problems by running away. Travel will not make you happy. (âWherever you go, there you are.â)
87. Have unrelated hobbies.
88. You donât solve problems by running away. Travel will not make you happy. (âWherever you go, there you are.â)
89. Seek out challenges.
90. âWhenever you are offended, understand that you are complicit in taking offense.â â Epictetus
91. Think progress, not perfection.
90. âWhenever you are offended, understand that you are complicit in taking offense.â â Epictetus
91. Think progress, not perfection.
92. âAsk yourself at every moment, âIs this necessary?ââ
93. Lighten up. Relax. (Whatever it is, youâre probably taking it too seriously.)
94. Focus on what you can control.
93. Lighten up. Relax. (Whatever it is, youâre probably taking it too seriously.)
94. Focus on what you can control.
95. Wrap up each day as if it were the end of your life.
96. Live an interesting life.
97. Value the Four Virtues.
96. Live an interesting life.
97. Value the Four Virtues.
98. The obstacle is the way.
99. Ego is the enemy.
100. Stillness is the key.
99. Ego is the enemy.
100. Stillness is the key.
You live your life on auto pilot because you don't know what to do with your life.
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- mindset,
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