To my future child,
Over the years I have collected a lot of advices and kept the ones that are quite useful. Here are some simple rules so you can navigate the boring stuff of life and enjoy the less boring parts of it.
I hope that they will help you and that you may add some more to them, pass them along so people you care about will enjoy life with you, because a life in solitary and with no one to share what you know with, is a life not well lived.
Humans care about narratives and a good story, but reality only cares about results and getting things done.
In the absence of reliable data one must reduce risk.
When you don't know what the job is about, hire somebody that is liberal and creative.
Try to limit your exposure to social media as much as you can. They are not bad. They are a tool. Tools need to be used appropriately. Don't compare yourself to others on social media, you don't know what the influencer you are following is doing to show off like that. Use social media for what they are, a tool to socialize. Leave the comparison and hierarchy for the real life.
If you are an entrepreneur here is a simple example on how to get customers on your social media page. Imagine you are running a restaurant. Print out a big sign: Do you have Instagram / Pinterest / Whatever ? Usually people will ask about it, when they do, reply that you can get a free desert if you put on your social media pager if you like it or not.
Limit the notifications on your computer or phone to the ones you need. Plan chunks of time where do not disturb is enabled.
This advice has to start with a disclaimer, if you have a medical condition, you are very lean, a bearing woman or in general have any medical condition consult with your physician first. Fasting is the process of depriving your body of food during a particular window of time which is usually at least 16 hours and at most 24 hours. In this time frame you may not eat or drink anything that contains calories (coffee and water are acceptable). The benefits of this are to give your body a break from metabolising food all day, it helps to kick start your body into ketosis and starts the autophagy procedure. The general idea is not to eat, it will make you leaner, look younger and may prevent some forms of cancer.
If you want to create something that will last for a long time, target something that will work today and would have worked also 30 years ago.
When you talk to someone, be precise in how you articulate yourself. Observe the actions of what you want to say. For instance Peter is sitting in the chair, is an observation. Peter is lazy cause he is sitting in the chair is an evaluation. We are criticizing instead of just observing.
To quote fight club: We buy things we don't need, to impress people we don't like.