50 (short) rules for a better life: (View Tweet)
1/ Focus on what you can control. 2/ Meditate on your mortality every day. 3/ Own the morning. 4/ Think progress, not perfection. 5/ When you read, ask: what do I plan to do with this information? (View Tweet)
6/ Value time more than money/possessions. 7/ Try to find the good in people. 8/ Never be overheard complaining…even to yourself. 9/ Listen more than you speak. 10/ Be strict with yourself and tolerant with others. (View Tweet)
11/ Treat the body rigorously so it better obeys the mind. 12/ Learn something from everyone. 13/ Define what success means to you. 14/ Don’t be afraid to ask for help. 15/ Find one thing that makes you wiser every day. (View Tweet)
16/ Study the greats. 17/ Find the beauty in ordinary things. 18/ Associate with people who make you better. 19/ Associate with people who you can make better. 20/ Don’t watch the news. (View Tweet)
26/ Try to be different, not better 27/ Cut toxic people out of your life. 28/ Leave places better than you found them. 29/ Spend time in bookstores. 30/ Be quiet, work hard, and stay healthy. It’s not ambition or skill that is going to set you apart but sanity. (View Tweet)
31/ Ask: Am I using this technology, or is it using me? 32/ Live an interesting life. 33/ Remember: Nobody is thinking about you. They’re too busy thinking about themselves. 34/ Don’t just read books, re-read books. 35/ Don’t talk about projects until you’re finished. (View Tweet)
36/ See opportunities where others see obstacles. 37/ Print out good advice and put it where you work. 38/ If a book sucks, stop reading it. 39/ Be OK with looking clueless or stupid. 40/ Do your job—whatever it is—well, because how you do anything is how you do everything. (View Tweet)
41/ Give up on the idea of getting revenge. 42/ Before you act out anger, delay. 43/ Don’t choose unhappiness over uncertainty. 44/ Instead of believing in yourself, generate evidence. 45/ Never think you have it all figured out. (View Tweet)
46/ Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead. 47/ Go the f*ck to sleep. 48/ Relax. (Whatever it is, you’re probably taking it too seriously). 49/ Take walks. 50/ Make a little progress every day. (View Tweet)
51/ Undersell and overdeliver. 52/ Subscribe to the Daily Stoic email. Every day, I send a short (~500 words) email for @dailystoic. Join 500K+ others & get the free email delivered to your inbox: https://t.co/HVcndy1pJC (View Tweet)