This is a list of good life principles that I have curated over the years. I try my best to live by them each day. This is a living list, and I'll keep updating it as I collect new principles.
- Zoom out
- Be humble
- Keep going
- Be generative
- Memento mori
- Show don't tell
- Own your story
- Bet on yourself
- Sleep is sacred
- Follow your bliss
- Kill your darlings
- Build useful things
- Zig when they zag
- This too shall pass
- Consistency is key
- Play the long game
- Be other centered
- Get your music out
- Never burn bridges
- Become undeniable
- Control your inputs
- Depth over breadth
- Think things through
- Break your speed bar
- The mind is malleable
- Attitude is everything
- Master your emotions
- Scratch your own itch
- You can just do things
- Fish where the fish are
- Live below your means
- Get outside of yourself
- Give more than you take
- Action dissolves anxiety
- Do things that scare you
- Ask and you shall receive
- Embrace your true nature
- A watched pot never boils
- Everything is figureoutable
- Use first principles thinking
- Be your most authentic self
- Take a simple idea seriously
- The hard way is the only way
- Be strong, fun and confident
- Different is better than better
- Comparison is the thief of joy
- Will your vision into existence
- Bring a book wherever you go
- Money solves money problems
- Focus on what you can control
- Macro patience + micro hustle
- Create more than you consume
- Spread love, seek truth, live artfully
- Full intent + freedom from outcome
- The squeaky wheel gets the grease
- Treat your ideas like cattle, not pets
- Embrace the deep challenges of life
- What you measure you'll get more of
- Reserve the right to change your mind
- Playbooks die but principles last forever
- A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor
- Expect things to not go according to plan
- Cater to revealed, not stated, preferences
- Develop an edge or become a speed bump
- A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step
- We create with our intentions, our future probabilities
- Learn to enjoy the process of doing the hard things
- Reputation takes years to build and seconds to destroy