Important lesson for young people: After childhood, there's no one to protect you from your own decisions. No one will stop you from getting yourself into a bad marriage, a job you hate, a mountain of debt, trouble with the law. You are the sole architect of your life path.
"Suffering is a moment of clarity, when you can no longer deny the truth of a situation and are forced into uncomfortable change. I��m lucky that I didn’t get everything I wanted in my life, or I’d be happy with my first good job, my college sweetheart, my college town. Being poor when young led to making money when old. Losing faith in my bosses and elders made me independent and an adult. Almost getting into the wrong marriage helped me recognize and enter the right one. Falling sick made me focus on my health. It goes on and on. Inside suffering is the seed of change."
— @naval in Tribe of Mentors (https://t.co/XQWd27YVze)
Researching the past will flood you with the work of historians. Research further back and you'll need the archeologists. Further still and the paleontologists have your answers. Where they drop off, the geologists pick up. Beyond their realm, only the physicists can help you.
Work is not all of life. Your co-workers shouldn’t be your only friends. Schedule life and defend it just as you would an important business meeting. Never tell yourself “I’ll just get it done this weekend.” Review Parkinson’s Law and force yourself to cram within tight hours so your per-hour productivity doesn’t fall through the floor. Focus, get the critical few done, and get out. E-mailing all weekend is no way to spend the little time you have on this planet.