To my future child,
Over the years I have collected a lot of advices and kept the ones that are quite useful. Here are some simple rules so you can navigate the boring stuff of life and enjoy the less boring parts of it.
I hope that they will help you and that you may add some more to them, pass them along so people you care about will enjoy life with you, because a life in solitary and with no one to share what you know with, is a life not well lived.
Usually a swan is white, but once in a while a black swan comes along . This holds true for the animal but also for our society. A black swan event is a major event that changes society and the way we think about the world.
To quote fight club: We buy things we don't need, to impress people we don't like.
Remove multiple alarms from your phone. When you wake up have the willpower to get up on your own. Be the one that is in control, not the alarm.
We usually have our focus on analyzing level of wrongness rather than needs. If my partner wants more affection and attention we are internally evaluating this as needy and dependant.
1. You can focus on how many times you have been wronged. or 2. Work with what you have got.
Game of thrones got it right. You always have to prepare for the winter. When times are good go the extra mile and try to grow as much as possible. When they go bad you have to accept that you may not grow. The game then is to try to survive.
Let your children get into a little trouble once in a while, it will make them more responsible and able to deal with life better. Your job as a parent is to keep them out of big trouble.
If you are successful at one thing, then more opportunities will come your way. You will meet more people and more people open even more doors for you which lead to the manifestation of more opportunities.
If you are an entrepreneur here is a simple example on how to get customers on your social media page. Imagine you are running a restaurant. Print out a big sign: Do you have Instagram / Pinterest / Whatever ? Usually people will ask about it, when they do, reply that you can get a free desert if you put on your social media pager if you like it or not.
Ask the below question to quickly evaluate a business: 1. Did it invent a service? 2. Did it invent a formula? 3. Did it invent a delivery method? 4. Is anything what the business doing patentable or a unique user experience? 5. Did the business find an isolated market segment? 6. Is the concept branded?