Dude is 30 and thinks he is in a position to give out life advice... I'm 37 and nothing is figured out. Maybe wait another 30 years.
You're not wrong IMO. Sticking out a burst of short sentences as wisdom based on... 30. Isn't sticking.
Bits of Advice for 30 Years
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#42"For me"
> Be kind first, be right later.
Being kind is good, we should not forget to stand up for what you believe.
> People care more about stories than facts.
It doesn't feel virtuous, in the end, what's true matters more than stories.
> Think of yourself as the person you want to be, not the person you are.
It's good to know who you really are, not just who you want to be.
> Surround yourself with people who are passionate about their work.
Being passionate doesn't always mean it's good. Even a passionate slave is still a slave.
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#43> always do extra What do I get by doing that?
You get not being the first one laid off. You get better raises. You get earlier promotions.
Sometimes to be the first to laid off is better then to be laid off in the second or third wave.
Could be easier to find new job is you are in the first wave.
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#44I guess the wonderful thing about a 30yo proclaiming wisdom is what they'll say in 10 or 20 years time.
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#45> Think of yourself as the person you want to be, not the person you are.
I would give somewhat different advice in place of this:
Lean to accept yourself for who you are, not as a work in progress toward becoming someone else.
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#46wash ur dong after every bang
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#47> Inspired by Kevin Kelly’s incredible 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice [1]
> [1] The Internet Archive has the full version.
This makes me so sad, I remember reading Kevin's article back when it had the full 68 items, now it's been stripped down to the first 5 items and the rest (plus 450 more) are squirreled away into an Amazon book which he recommends people buy instead in the post. Isn't that awful? Thank god for the Wayback Machine.
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#48>Don’t make your problems other people’s problems.
More importantly, don't make other people's problems your problems.
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#49I think in my 20s, I intellectually knew every piece of good advice I would send back in time now that I'm in my mid 40s, because I'd read it on lists like these, or in books, movies, etc. The difference is that I could not put it into practice at the time, maybe because I lacked sufficient experience. For example, I've always known in theory that nobody is paying as much attention to what you think is most embarrass…
>I think in my 20s, I intellectually knew every piece of good advice I would send back in time
Reminds me of lyrics from The Human League "Soundtrack To A Generation":
Years have gone on in between
But all I knew at seventeen
Is all I know now
Through times of joy and suffering
The music flavours everything
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#50> Think of yourself as the person you want to be, not the person you are. I have always done this subconsciously, and although I can attribute a lot of my personal growth to this trait, it's also the source of a lot of self-loathing. If you can't accept the parts of you that differs from who you want to be, you'll spend a lot of energy focusing on perceived mistakes that others didn't even notice.
"I have no idea who i am but i get to know myself better each day"
This sentence helped change me from being close minded to open to new experiences