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42 learnings from 42 years of life - ashton kutcher
Business and Decision making
- Hire slow and fire fast
- Invest in people and hire people that you want to work for
- Ideas are cheap execution is valuable
- Make data-based decisions
- If you don’t measure it you can’t improve it.
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Ashton Kutcher on Hard Work
- There is no substitute for hard work
- The only substitute for working smart is working smarter
- Maybes are usually procrastinated no’s.
Personal outlook
- Kindness is more important than you think
- Not everyone is going to like you and that’s ok
- You are always better off striving to be the best you rather than be like someone else
- Your authentic self is a perfect reflection of your experience
- Laugh at yourself
- Find even more opportunities to laugh with others
- Do things that scare you and translate the fear into excitement
- Avoid comparing your life to others.
About Relationships
- Find friends that are loyal and generous
- Be a loyal and generous friend
- Life is who you travel with
- Breaking up hurts every time
- Giving becomes generous when it is uncomfortable
- Getting married isn’t a goal but being married is
- Being vulnerable opens relationships to possibility.
Business and Decision making
- Hire slow and fire fast
- Invest in people and hire people that you want to work for
- Ideas are cheap execution is valuable
- Make data-based decisions
- If you don’t measure it you can’t improve it.
Homelife
- Have fun with children but never make fun of them
- Eat home-cooked meals whenever possible
- Dance whenever given the floor and the right song
- Re-invent your relationship with your parents once you become an adult
- Brush your teeth
- Drink more water than you want
- Read good books
- Find hobbies and practice them
- Don’t neglect the value of sleep.
Health
- Work out regularly and make the most of the time spent doing so
- You can’t buy health and time slowly takes it from you. Savor it like it’s the only thing you got.
- If your doctor isn’t coaching you when you are healthy, find a new doctor.
Mindset
- Think in decades, not years
- Forgive people, it’s easier than holding grudges
- People do change. It’s just a slow process
- Work toward leveling the playing field for others.