Encouraging me to keep asking "why does work the way it does" was a big one for me.
Also how did it impact what you have done?
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#2It terms of making: It usually takes twice as long and cost twice as much as the inital estimate.
In term of personal finances: Save early and save often. Compound interest is your retirement friend.
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#3Beat advice I've heard regarding opinions: "you are on average most likely to be wrong. Therefore try to understand how and why you are wrong".
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#4Don't tell people your goals.
I heard this in a TED talk years ago[0].
Telling people what you plan to do can evoke the same emotions as actually doing that thing, lowering the drive to do the work to accomplish the goal because you got your emotional reward already.
Being a serial starter, I retroactively noticed this pattern in myself when I heard this. Now, when I want to do something new, I shut up about it until I either complete it or have enough momentum in the project to have reached critical mass.
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#5“Try to never be the person who cares the most” was an offhand remark my dad made to me when I was stressed over a group project in school. It helped me what in hindsight would’ve been very stressful situation many, many times.
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#6Festina Lente - make haste slowly.
“Sometimes you have to slow down to speed up”.
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#7Don't try to be right. Try to become less wrong with every day.
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#8Festina Lente - make haste slowly. “Sometimes you have to slow down to speed up”.
“Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.”
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#9The best advice I received only applies to younger folks, but it was immensely helpful when starting my career. The advice was to look at those older than me in the workplace and to ask myself if that was the type of person I wanted to be when I get older. If the answer is no, then it’s probably a good time to leave.
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#10from equally-looking options to do, with all other "important" criterias being ~~same, choose the easier..