Maxims for a happy life

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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.)