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Every person you meet knows an amazing lot about something you know virtually nothing about. Your job is to discover what it is， and it won’t be obvious.
This is the best time ever to make something. None of the greatest， coolest creations 20 years from now have been invented yet. You are not late.
Your work will be endless， but your time is finite. You cannot limit the work so you must limit your time. Hours are the only thing you can manage.
Everything is hard before it is easy. The day before something is a breakthrough， it’s a stupid idea.
If you borrow something， try to return it in better shape than you received it. Clean it， sharpen it， fill it up.
Your passion in life should fit you exactly； but your purpose in life should exceed you. Work for something much larger than yourself.
Always cut away from yourself.
To be wealthy， accumulate all those things that money can’t buy.
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has a name for. If you possibly can， work where there are no words for what you do.
That thing that made you weird as a kid could make you great as an adult — if you don’t lose it.
Following your bliss is a recipe for paralysis if you don’t know what you are passionate about. A better motto for most youth is “master something， anything”. Through mastery of one thing， you can drift towards extensions of that mastery that bring you more joy， and eventually discover where your bliss is.
Rule of 7 in research. You can find out anything if you are willing to go seven levels. If the first source you ask doesn’t know， ask them who you should ask next， and so on down the line. If you are willing to go to the 7th source， you’ll almost always get your answer.
Anything real begins with the fiction of what could be. Imagination is therefore the most potent force in the universe， and a skill you can get better at. It’s the one skill in life that benefits from ignoring what everyone else knows.
For every dollar you spend purchasing something substantial， expect to pay a dollar in repairs， maintenance， or disposal by the end of its life.
When an object is lost， 95% of the time it is hiding within arm’s reach of where it was last seen. Search in all possible locations in that radius and you’ll find it.
If you are looking for something in your house， and you finally find it， when you’re done with it， don’t put it back where you found it. Put it back where you first looked for it.
To make something good， just do it. To make something great， just re-do it， re-do it， re-do it. The secret to making fine things is in remaking them.
When you are young spend at least 6 months to one year living as poor as you can， owning as little as you possibly can， eating beans and rice in a tiny room or tent， to experience what your “worst” lifestyle might be. That way any time you have to risk something in the future you won’t be afraid of the worst case scenario.
Never use a credit card for credit. The only kind of credit， or debt， that is acceptable is debt to acquire something whose exchange value is extremely likely to increase， like in a home. The exchange value of most things diminishes or vanishes the moment you purchase them. Don’t be in debt to losers.
Always demand a deadline. A deadline weeds out the extraneous and the ordinary. It prevents you from trying to make it perfect， so you have to make it different. Different is better.