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When you have some success， the feeling of being an imposter can be real. Who am I fooling？ But when you create things that only you — with your unique talents and experience — can do， then you are absolutely not an imposter. You are the ordained. It is your duty to work on things that only you can do.
Half the skill of being educated is learning what you can ignore.
When public speaking， pause frequently. Pause before you say something in a new way， pause after you have said something you believe is important， and pause as a relief to let listeners absorb details.
Three things you need: The ability to not give up something till it works， the ability to give up something that does not work， and the trust in other people to help you distinguish between the two.
When you forgive others， they may not notice， but you will heal. Forgiveness is not something we do for others； it is a gift to ourselves.
Be a good ancestor. Do something a future generation will thank you for. A simple thing is to plant a tree.
Children totally accept — and crave — family rules. “In our family we have a rule for X” is the only excuse a parent needs for setting a family policy. In fact， “I have a rule for X” is the only excuse you need for your own personal policies.
Everything is hard before it is easy. The day before something is a breakthrough， it’s a stupid idea.
Bad things can happen fast， but almost all good things happen slowly.
Money is overrated. Truly new things rarely need an abundance of money. If that was so， billionaires would have a monopoly on inventing new things， and they don’t. Instead almost all breakthroughs are made by those who lack money， because they are forced to rely on their passion， persistence and ingenuity to figure out new ways. Being poor is an advantage in innovation.
When someone tells you something is wrong， they’re usually right. When someone tells you how to fix it， they’re usually wrong.
Writing down one thing you are grateful for each day is the cheapest possible therapy ever.
Even a foolish person can still be right about most things. Most conventional wisdom is true.
Your best response to an insult is “You’re probably right.” Often they are.
In all things — except love — start with the exit strategy. Prepare for the ending. Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.
Be governed not by the tyranny of the urgent but by the elevation of the important.
I’m positive that in 100 years much of what I take to be true today will be proved to be wrong， maybe even embarrassingly wrong， and I try really hard to identify what it is that I am wrong about today.
Experience is overrated. When hiring， hire for aptitude， train for skills. Most really amazing or great things are done by people doing them for the first time.
Don’t say anything about someone in email you would not be comfortable saying to them directly， because eventually they will read it.
When you get an invitation to do something in the future， ask yourself: would you accept this if it was scheduled for tomorrow？ Not too many promises will pass that immediacy filter.