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More like how to be mediocre boring life advice
Odd that this list made you so angry you had to post how boring the people who follow must be? I feel sorry for you. Honestly. Judgement of others tends to make people miserable.
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Odd that this list made you so angry you had to post how boring the people who follow must be? I feel sorry for you. Honestly. Judgement of others tends to make people miserable.
Do you always assume that someone who disagrees with you must have been angry about it?
I like this one. Would be curious to hear the author's elaboration.
Thanks for posting this!
“35) Give no second chances to anyone who shows disrespect“ This is one of the worst rules I have ever read. Taken literally it can squander a life otherwise well lived.
Yeah, might as well make the rule "35) Be inflexible and cruel when it suits you."
> Prepare for the day when your best friend betrays you. Before you strap those extra rounds of ammo to your vest, may I suggest simply finding better friends? There's several on the list that sound a bit paranoid to me. And many more that make it feel like I'm being scolded by a schoolmarm. But there's definitely some gems. My favorite... > Cynics know nothing.
I've always like Ben Franklin's 13 virtues. It's a short list. TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. ORDER. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. RESOLUTION. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. FRUGALITY. Make no expense but to…
>1) Do your work—do it on time and fully, if not early and overabundantly. I cannot overstate how absolutely hollow it must be that work is your #1 rule of living The next saddest thing is that the only mention of love is a fucking Machiavelli quote
1. Know yourself.
2. Work hard.
3. Serve others.
I think 90% of unhappiness comes from violating at least one of these rules.
Conversely, of course, following these rules doesn't guarantee happiness, but (I think) it increases your chances.
Why exactly twenty percent?