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Treating Others

1. The best criticism of a thing is to create something to replace it.

2. The "Three-Times Rule" in conversations; each time, wait for the other to finish, ask them to delve deeper, only then can you get closer to the true answer.

3. Be generous in all, give more, no one on their deathbed regrets giving too much.

4. Anything truly existent begins with a speculative notion, thus imagination is the most powerful force in the universe. Enhance your imagination for those vivid, original ideas.

5. The "Seven-Times Rule" of exploration. If you're willing to delve seven levels down, you can understand anything.

6. When others tell you where the problem lies, they are usually right. When they tell you how to fix it, they are usually wrong.

7. To be wealthy, help others succeed; to succeed, let others pay you.

8. Imitating others is a great starting point.

9. Give, and you won’t become poor; withhold, and you won’t become rich.

Treating Self

1. Admit at least once daily that you don't know, you'll become a better person.

2. The stronger your beliefs, the more reason you have to challenge them.

3. Self-investment - pay for classes, learn new skills - these modest investments can yield substantial returns.

4. Be someone whose actions cannot be predicted by AI, add your own influence, these should be your life's pursuits.

5. The most reliable method for success is defining success yourself. Aim, then draw a bullseye 🎯 around where you hit.

6. Deeply learn a subject each year, a year later, you'll be astonished by your initial ignorance.

7. A good way to understand oneself is to seriously consider what makes you angry in others.

8. Set ambitious goals, so even if you don’t reach them, you achieve something beyond the average.

9. If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room. Surround yourself with smarter people, learn from them; better yet, find smart people who disagree with you.

10. Think, not only with your brain.

11. If you never stumble, you haven’t really sprinted.

12. Change your habitual language from “can I do it or not” to “will I do it or not”.

13. What you are is determined by what you do, not what you say, think, or who you vote for. Be mindful of what you spend time on.

14. Habit = Making decisions without internal expenditure.

15. Fear arises from a lack of imagination; the antidote to fear is likely not bravery, but rather imagination.

16. Don’t rush; when you're in a hurry, you're more susceptible to deception or manipulation.

17. If you don’t urgently need to do something, then sleep.

18. To surpass your heroes, put aside ego, imitate them like a student, until you can surpass them. This is the way of all masters.

19. Be a good ancestor; your children will thank you.

20. Never work for someone you don’t aspire to become.

21. Before speaking, ask yourself thrice: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it from a place of goodwill?

22. The best prevention against aging is to maintain curiosity.

23. To stand out, thank the teachers who brought change to your life. Bravely seek change.

24. The size of the issues that upset you determine the size of your scope.

25. Stay highly curious about things you’re not interested in; it pays disproportionate dividends.

26. Seek feedback promptly; know the problems early.

27. 99% of your worries won’t come true, reduce your worries.

Treating Life

1. Try a different habit each month, small changes, don’t be stuck in the old.

2. Optimize 80% of your time for your life, and explore with the remaining 20%.

3. Learn to discard the bad, in thoughts, views too; reserve space for valuable and joyful things and ideas.

4. The trick to remembering names is to repeat them several times in your mind as soon as you hear them.

5. For things often misplaced and searched for, after found and used, place them where you first looked.

6. Create art that inspires others to create art.

7. Where you live - city or country, has a huge impact on your life, and it’s a factor you can change and choose.

8. The best gardening advice: find out what you can grow well, then plant lots of it.

9. Read a lot of history, and you’ll realize there’s nothing new under the sun.

10. Keep at least one thing in life, for which, you don’t chase efficiency; spend more time enjoying it, it’s your pleasure time, never feel wrong for doing so.

11. New ideas disappear from your mind five minutes after conception, use those five minutes, act immediately.

12. Distinguish between what’s important and what’s urgent, treat them differently.

13. Every success comes with a cost that can’t be measured in money; to pursue success, you must willingly pay the cost.

14. Learn how to learn from those who disagree with or even offend you; find truth in their perspective.

15. Create a sense of ceremony in life; it’s an important touchstone of life.

16. Upgrade the tools you frequently use; for the most used, or those used for work, buy the best you can afford.

17. Separate “creation” from “improvement”. You can’t write and edit, sculpt and polish, create and analyze at the same time. If you do, editing will stifle creation. Invent without judgment, sketch without inspection, draft without reflection. Initially, creative thinking must be free, unimpeded by judgment.

18. A vacation + a disaster = an adventure.

19. If you have no concept of the cost of something, it means you can’t afford it.

20. On life’s journey, expect the unexpected; it continually expands your life’s boundaries.

21. Cultivate a disdain for mediocrity.

22. As a grown person, measure your growth by how many uncomfortable conversations you're willing to have.

23. The main purpose of traveling is to let go; the more you let go, the further you travel.

Treating Life’s Path

1. Whenever you can’t decide which path to take, choose the one that brings change.

2. If you’re confined by life’s predicaments, travel to a place you’ve never heard of.

Treating Career

1. Focusing on serving users will take you further than focusing on competitors.

2. The best job is one you’re underqualified for; it forces you to unearth your potential. In fact, only apply for jobs you’re underqualified for.

3. The things you do outside of work may become your real work.

4. Don’t strive to be the best, strive to be unique.

Treating Truth

1. The most counter-intuitive truth in the universe: the more you give, the more you get. Understanding this is the beginning of wisdom.

2. Being there accounts for 99% of success. Most success is just about sticking around.

3. Superheroes and saints don’t engage in artistic creation. Only imperfect beings can create art, for art begins with imperfection.

4. Optimize for the second chance of asking people out successfully and build relations from there.

5. Most overnight success requires at least five years of effort, any significant success is the same. Knowing this, you’ll know how to plan your life.

6. Completion trumps perfection.

7. The biggest leverage you can get with money is buying other people’s time; hire staff, outsource work.

8. When tightening a bolt, righty tighty, lefty loosey, as simple as that.

9. Don’t struggle with the old; focus on the new.

10. When dividing things, one person divides, the other chooses first.

11. Stubbornness and perseverance, courage and recklessness, are separated only by the meaning of a goal.

On Doing

1. The best teacher is “doing”.

2. Change actions to change thoughts, it’s easier than changing thoughts to change actions. Act according to the change you seek.

3. The trick to making wise choices: Stand in the viewpoint of 25 years later, what would you do today?

4. Choose options that bring more options.

On Long-termism

1. We often overestimate what we can do in a day, and underestimate what we can achieve in ten years. Give it ten years, you can accomplish incredible miracles. Stick to long-termism, accumulate small victories into big ones.

中文版

对待他人

1. 对一个东西最好的批评，是做出来一个东西替代它

2. 对话中的“三次法则”，每次等对方陈述完，要求对方更进一步，这样才能最接近真实的答案

3. 慷慨一切，多给予一些，没有人在临终时后悔给予太多

4. 任何真实存在的东西，都始于一种猜测性的构想，因此想象力是宇宙最强大的力量。提高自己的想象力，那种真切的，原始的想法

5. 探索的“七次法则”。如果你愿意多往下询问七个层次，你可以弄明白任何事情