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.
When you thing that what you are hearing is offending you. Stop and ask yourself this 1. Is it true? If yes why be upset about the truth. 2. Is it a lie? If yes why be upset about a lie.
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 somebody says that this never happened before is no indicator that it may not happen in the future. When white swan's are observed, doesn't mean there aren't any black.
Let your children get into a little trouble once in a while, it will make them more responsible and able to deal with life better. Your job as a parent is to keep them out of big trouble.
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.
Get out, walk, leave your house, drive somewhere, do something different.
Try to have money aside for at least 3 months of expenses. You never know what might happen.
Resist the urge to suppress randomness. Don't create a strict schedule for everything.
If you need to be somewhere at a specific time, put it on your calendar.
Keep in mind the signal to noise ratio that you have for a particular topic. When you read the news every morning, you have a lot of data but also a lot of noise which may hide the signal. Important stuff will always reach you when needed.