Rule of 7 in research. You can find out anything if you are willing to go seven levels. If the first source you ask doesn’t know， ask them who you should ask next， and so on down the line. If you are willing to go to the 7th source， you’ll almost always get your answer.
If you desperately need a job， you are just another problem for a boss； if you can solve many of the problems the boss has right now， you are hired. To be hired， think like your boss.
When you get an invitation to do something in the future， ask yourself: would you accept this if it was scheduled for tomorrow？ Not too many promises will pass that immediacy filter.
On vacation go to the most remote place on your itinerary first， bypassing the cities. You‘ll maximize the shock of otherness in the remote， and then later you’ll welcome the familiar comforts of a city on the way back.
Anything real begins with the fiction of what could be. Imagination is therefore the most potent force in the universe， and a skill you can get better at. It’s the one skill in life that benefits from ignoring what everyone else knows.
Before you are old， attend as many funerals as you can bear， and listen. Nobody talks about the departed’s achievements. The only thing people will remember is what kind of person you were while you were achieving.
Be prepared: When you are 90% done any large project (a house， a film， an event， an app) the rest of the myriad details will take a second 90% to complete.
If you lose or forget to bring a cable，adapter or charger，check with your hotel. Most hotels now have a drawer full of cables，adapters and chargers others have left behind，and probably have the one you are missing. You can often claim it after borrowing it.
When an object is lost， 95% of the time it is hiding within arm’s reach of where it was last seen. Search in all possible locations in that radius and you’ll find it.
Perhaps the most counter-intuitive truth of the universe is that the more you give to others， the more you’ll get. Understanding this is the beginning of wisdom.
Separate the processes of creation from improving. You can’t write and edit， or sculpt and polish， or make and analyze at the same time. If you do， the editor stops the creator. While you invent， don’t select. While you sketch， don’t inspect. While you write the first draft， don’t reflect. At the start， the creator mind must be unleashed from judgement.
You can obsess about serving your customers/audience/clients， or you can obsess about beating the competition. Both work， but of the two， obsessing about your customers will take you further.
