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{{t|Maxim}}s for a happy life.
===[[The pitch]]===
*[[Do your talking on the pitch]]. And [[leave it on the pitch|leave it there]].
*[[Don’t be that guy]]<ref>If you said, “''or'' girl,” ''you’re being that guy''. ([[and/or]] girl, [[as the case may be]].)</ref>.
*[[Let it go]]. In the immortal words of the Eastenders script-writing collective, “[[Leave it, Phil. He’s not worth it|LEAVE IT, PHIL. HE’S NOT WORTH IT]].”

===[[Your nose]]===
*[[If it gets up your nose]], it’s ''your'' problem, not his.
*[[If it gets up your nose]], [[People you don’t like can still have a point|he’s probably got a point]].
*[[Let he who is without sin cast the first stone]].
===[[Your book]]===
*First question: [[cui bono]]?
*[[Don’t talk your own book]]. Assume others are talking theirs until you know otherwise. 
*Value people who don’t talk their own book.
*Insiders have an interest in making what they do seem hard.
===[[Your self]]===
====What you've got====
*[[Don’t be selfish]]. 
*[[Share]]. Give freely of what you know.
*Use your resources. [[You can’t take it with you]]. 
*[[Be useful]].
====Confidence====
*[[Back yourself]]. 
*[[There are other fish in the sea]].
*[[Leave it on the pitch]], [[Don’t leave anything on the table|not the table}}. (see [[do your talking on the pitch]].)
====Mental space====
*[[Go off the grid]] — sometimes.
*[[Smell the roses]]. Take pleasure in beauty. Stop what you’re doing and drink it in. Enjoy what nature — and humans — let you have for free. Admire a wood in autumn. 
*"[[Gee, I wish I spent more time in the office]]," said NO ONE IN HISTORY.
====Learn====
*[[Be open-minded]]. Never stop learning.
*[[Walk on the grass]]. Fuck ’em.
*[[Find a different way home]].
*[[Write the music you want to hear]].
===Complexity and order===
*[[Simplify]]. The Devil ''is'' the detail.
*[[Perfection is the enemy of good enough]]. 
*[[It’ll do]].
*[[They’re more scared than you are]].
*Challenge. Require explanation. If he can’t explain, he doesn’t understand. If he makes you do something he doesn’t understand it, it’s probably bullshit.

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