“* Being able to listen well is a superpower. While listening to someone you love keep asking them “Is there more?”, until there is no more…
* The more you are interested in others, the more interesting they find you. To be interesting, be interested…
* To make something good, just do it. To make something great, just re-do it, re-do it, re-do it. The secret to making fine things is in remaking them…
* To make mistakes is human. To own your mistakes is divine. Nothing elevates a person higher than quickly admitting and taking personal responsibility for the mistakes you make and then fixing them fairly. If you mess up, fess up. It’s astounding how powerful this ownership is…
* If you are not falling down occasionally, you are just coasting…
* Friends are better than money. Almost anything money can do, friends can do better. In so many ways a friend with a boat is better than owning a boat…
* Hatred is a curse that does not affect the hated. It only poisons the hater. Release a grudge as if it was a poison…
* For every dollar you spend purchasing something substantial, expect to pay a dollar in repairs, maintenance, or disposal by the end of its life…
* Anything real begins with the fiction of what could be. Imagination is therefore the most potent force in the universe, and a skill you can get better at. It’s the one skill in life that benefits from ignoring what everyone else knows…
* When crisis and disaster strike, don’t waste them. No problems, no progress…
* When you get an invitation to do something in the future, ask yourself: would you accept this if it was scheduled for tomorrow? Not too many promises will pass that immediacy filter…
* Rule of 7 in research. You can find out anything if you are willing to go seven levels. If the first source you ask doesn’t know, ask them who you should ask next, and so on down the line. If you are willing to go to the 7th source, you’ll almost always get your answer…
* How to apologize: Quickly, specifically, sincerely.
* When someone is nasty, rude, hateful, or mean with you, pretend they have a disease. That makes it easier to have empathy toward them which can soften the conflict…
* Buying tools: Start by buying the absolute cheapest tools you can find. Upgrade the ones you use a lot. If you wind up using some tool for a job, buy the very best you can afford…
* The universe is conspiring behind your back to make you a success. This will be much easier to do if you embrace this pronoia.”
-Kevin Kelly, “68 Bits of of Unsolicited Advice.” The Technium. April 28, 2020.
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