PART 2: HAPPINESS

Choosing to Free Yourself

37. If you hurt other people because they have expectations of you, that's their problem.

38. DON'T SPEND YOUR TIME MAKING OTHER PEOPLE HAPPY.

Figure Out

20. Figure out what you're good at, and start helping others with it. Give it away. Pay it forward. Karma works because people are consistent.

21. AN OLD BOSS ONCE WARNED: "YOU'LL NEVER BE RICH SINCE YOU'RE SMART, AND SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS OFFER YOU A ...

BUILDING WEALTH



Understanding How Wealth is Created

1. Code and Media are permissionless leverage.

2. If you can't code, write books and blogs, record videos and podcasts.

3. Reading is faster than listening...

Find and build Specific Knowledge.

7. Figure out what you did as a kid or teenager almost effortlessly.

8. It's much more critical today to become an expert in a brand new field in 9 to 12 months than to have studied the "right" thing long ago. 

Foundatio...

How to Get lucky

24. Ways to get lucky:

A. Hope luck finds you.

B. Hustle 

C. Prepare the mind and strike when others miss.

D. Become the best at what you do.

BUILD YOUR CHARACTER IN A CERTAIN WAY SO THAT YOUR CHARACTER BECOMES YOUR DEST...

Find a Position of Leverage

13. We live in an age of infinite leverage, and the economic rewards for genuine intellectual curiosity have never been higher.

14. PRODUCTS WITH NO MARGINAL COST OF REPLICATION.

15. The higher the creativity component of a pro...

BUILDING JUDGEMENT

Judgement

29. Hard work is overrated. How hard you work matters a lot less in the modern economy.

30. "Clear thinker" is a better compliment than "smart".

31. If you can't explain to a child, you don't know it.