> NEVER criticize, blame, or complain. Hard sell on HN :) This was also one of the more interesting points in Dale Carnegie. Wish I could live up to it more often.
He’s so dull, come on / Rip him to shreds
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#32This kind of reads like what you’d get if you asked an AI for advice from an old person
It's hard to not be cynical when you read stuff like "Envy is like drinking poison expecting the other person to die." which is like 2 different inspirational quotes taped together, I heard this one about hatred rather than envy.
Envy has its uses. It reveals what you want. It's a good thing to know yourself and what you want out of life.
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#33> 15. Not all advice is created equal.
That's for sure....
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#35> NEVER criticize, blame, or complain. (Constructive) Criticism is what advances our development as a species, not sure why that is a necessarily bad thing
when you criticise a person to convey your ideas, it doesn't change their minds. criticizing the "stuff" is okay, this is how we advance, but not the "person"
In my experience, people generally cannot tell the difference. It's possible that I'm at fault in my approach, though.
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#36This kind of reads like what you’d get if you asked an AI for advice from an old person
It also begs the question what would make someone spend time on their birthday to post such a list on Reddit.
Of course I'm violating advice #1 here.
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#37Boomer wisdom.
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#38> NEVER criticize, blame, or complain. (Constructive) Criticism is what advances our development as a species, not sure why that is a necessarily bad thing
the better version i heard is never complain never explain
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#39Boomer wisdom.
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#40This kind of reads like what you’d get if you asked an AI for advice from an old person
Yeah, when I read lists like this, I mostly just think: "That's it?" It's very trite and uninteresting, and frankly if I make it to 72 and my advice is similar to this, I will feel like something has gone terribly wrong. If all the wisdom I've acquired in life is indistinguishable from a Hallmark card, then I probably lived a pretty boring life.
Do you have any profound insights or wisdom you've gained at your current age that you'd like to share?