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{{t|Maxim}}s for a happy life.
{{t|Maxim}}s for a happy life.
 
===[[The pitch]]===
*[[Do your talking on the pitch]]. And [[leave it on 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>.
*[[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>.
*Take simple pleasure in pretty things. Stop and smell the coffee. Enjoy the sunset. Admire a wood in autumn.
*[[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]].”
*[[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]].
*[[Let he who is without sin cast the first stone]].
*[[Keep an open mind]]
===[[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.
*[[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.
*[[Walk on the grass]]. Fuck ’em.
*[[Find a different way home]].
*[[Find a different way home]].
*[[Write the music you want to hear]].
*[[Write the music you want to hear]].
===[[If it gets up your nose]]===
===Complexity and order===
*[[If it gets up your nose]], it’s your problem, not his]]
*[[Simplify]]. The Devil ''is'' the detail.
*[[If it gets up your nose]], [[People you don’t like can still have a point|he’s probably got a point]].
*First question: [[cui bono]]?
*[[You can’t take it with you]]. [[Leave it on the pitch]], [[Don’t leave anything on the table|not the table}}. (see [[do your talking on the pitch]].)
*[[Be useful]].
*The Devil ''is'' the detail.
*[[Back yourself]].  
*[[Perfection is the enemy of good enough]].  
*[[Perfection is the enemy of good enough]].  
*[[It’ll do]].
*[[It’ll do]].
*"[[Gee, I wish I spent more time in the office]]," said NO ONE IN HISTORY.
*[[They’re more scared than you are]].
*[[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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Revision as of 13:39, 18 August 2018

Maxims for a happy life.

The pitch

Your nose

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

Confidence

Mental space

Learn

Complexity and order

References

  1. If you said, “or girl,” you’re being that guy. (and/or girl, as the case may be.)