1. Never compare your weaknesses to other people’s strengths. 2. Own your life, or someone will own it for you. 3. We cannot change the cards we are dealt,just how we play the hand. 4. Climb mountains not so the world can see you but so you can see the world. 5. If you accept…
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What should one do in their 20s to avoid regrets in their 30s and 40s?
Answer by Dirk Hooper: I've given this question a lot of thought, so I'm grateful to have the opportunity to answer it… and have the chance to compose my ideas on the subject. I think there are things that I could have done in my 20s that would have put me light years ahead in…
What are the secrets of being likable?
Answer by Anatole Ginsberg: When I was young I thought the secret to popularity was to be as impressive as possible so people would want to talk to me. Instead they thought I was arrogant. Then I examined what made me want to befriend someone, and I learned that I'd had it all backwards. The…
19 Videos to Help You Impress Others
1. Throw Playing Cards – Learn to throw playing cards with accuracy and velocity. 2. Flip a Pen – Learn how to spin a pen around your thumb like it is no big deal. 3. Moonwalk – Moonwalk like Michael Jackson. 4. Roll a Coin Across Your Knuckles – Learn how to roll a coin across…
How do MIT students study for their courses?
Answer by Michael Fu: I find that my studying routine for classes at MIT depends largely on 3 factors: 1) how difficult the concepts are to grasp, 2) how much content there is to learn, and frankly, 3) how much I care about my grade in the class. However, for the purposes of this answer,…
Will I become a billionaire if I am determined to be one and put in all the necessary work required?
Answer by Justine Musk: (Just to say: thank you, everybody, for the upvotes + the comments. I'm blown away — and appreciative.) No. One of the many qualities that separate billionaires from the rest of us is their ability to ask the right questions. This is not the right question. * You're determined. So what?…
What are the most difficult and useful things people have to learn in their 20s?
Answer by Elarie Mashi: Roman's 65 Rules for Success – The Daily Dater Roman’s Rules for Success, Happiness, and an Awesome Life Never get more than 9 hours of sleep, or less than 3. I believe in adequate rest, but too much sleep wasting time that could be spent on anything from self-edification to world…
What myths do we most commonly realize are false in our 20s?
Answer by Deepak Mehta: I was the perennial introverted, shy, and socially awkward teen in college. It was, in part, because I come from an overly attached, extra-protective family. I had no idea how to live alone, how to interact with people, how to handle a crisis, how to make decisions on my own. But…
How did Mark Zuckerberg train himself to be a programming prodigy?
Answer by Mike Hughes: Just because Mark started Facebook doesn’t mean he is a programming prodigy. Mark’s major was Pyschology so he wasn’t at Harvard as a CompSci prodigy. Back in 2004 building a CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) application in PHP/MySQL was fairly easy. I would bet if you had more insight into what…
What are Oliver Emberton’s tips for running a blog?
Answer by Oliver Emberton: In my first year of blogging I was read over 4 million times, mostly through a cunning strategy I call “screwing everything up and learning”. Let me save you some time. Here are the 5 most surprising lessons I learned: 1. The world owes you nothing The cold, unfeeling universe does…
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