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Don’t let your email inbox become your to-do list.
Don’t worry how or where you begin. As long as you keep moving， your success will be far from where you start.
Always cut away from yourself.
Don’t loan money to a friend unless you are ready to make it a gift.
Assume anyone asking for your account information for any reason is guilty of scamming you， unless proven innocent. The way to prove innocence is to call them back， or login to your account using numbers or a website that you provide， not them. Don’t release any identifying information while they are contacting you via phone， message or email. You must control the channel.
Don’t aim to have others like you； aim to have them respect you.
Don’t create things to make money； make money so you can create things. The reward for good work is more work.
Be governed not by the tyranny of the urgent but by the elevation of the important.
Don’t ever respond to a solicitation or a proposal on the phone. The urgency is a disguise.
Don’t say anything about someone in email you would not be comfortable saying to them directly， because eventually they will read it.
Separate the processes of creation from improving. You can’t write and edit， or sculpt and polish， or make and analyze at the same time. If you do， the editor stops the creator. While you invent， don’t select. While you sketch， don’t inspect. While you write the first draft， don’t reflect. At the start， the creator mind must be unleashed from judgement.
Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
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.
Don’t take it personally when someone turns you down. Assume they are like you: busy， occupied， distracted. Try again later. It’s amazing how often a second try works.
Don’t be the smartest person in the room. Hangout with， and learn from， people smarter than yourself. Even better， find smart people who will disagree with you.
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.
Don’t be afraid to ask a question that may sound stupid because 99% of the time everyone else is thinking of the same question and is too embarrassed to ask it.