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Don’t save up the good stuff (fancy wine, or china) for that rare occasion that will never happen; instead use them whenever you can.

Try to define yourself by what you love and embrace, rather than what you hate and refuse.

You can become the world’s best in something primarily by caring more about it than anyone else.

When you are stuck or overwhelmed, focus on the smallest possible thing that moves your project forward.

In a museum you need to spend at least 10 minutes with an artwork to truly see it. Aim to view 5 pieces at 10 minutes each rather than 100 at 30 seconds each.

You have no obligation to like everyone, and you are free to intensely dislike a person. But you owe everyone—even those you dislike—basic respect.

Discover people whom you love doing “nothing” with, and do nothing with them on a regular basis. The longer you can maintain those relationships, the longer you will live.

Write your own obituary, the one you’d like to have, and then everyday work towards making it true.

The highest form of wealth is deciding you have enough.

A good sign that you are doing the kind of work you should be doing is that you enjoy the tedious parts that other people find tortuous. 

Being envious is a toxin. Instead take joy in the success of others and treat their success as your gain. Celebrating the success of others costs you nothing, and increases the happiness of everyone, including you.

Get good at being corrected without being offended.

Slow progress is still a million times better than no progress. 

Recipe for greatness: expect much of yourself and little of others.

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