Lessons for 2021.

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Health demands discipline.

Wealth demands discipline.

Integrity demands discipline.

Relationships demand discipline.

Skill compounding demands discipline.

Long term discipline builds long term value.

Society values the illusion of happiness (social media) over the real thing (internal peace).

Society values the illusion of wealth (debt) over the real thing (financial freedom).

Society values the illusion of character (status) over the real thing (internal reputation).

Upgrade your library, not your materialistic status.

There is no competition to a calm mind practising its craft.

Never externally condemn for things you internally forgive.

Be tolerant of others.

Strict with the self.

Modern society has it in reverse.

Happy people never chase status.

Adapt what you do until you derive happiness from mere existence.

Never purchase status with freedom.

To offend a stupid person, attack their status.

To offend an intelligent person, waste their time.

Popular delusion is still delusion.

Soft minds live hard lives.

Never wait for a reason to help others.

Happy people see the inefficiency in anger.

The best games in life are long term & force you to compete against yourself.

Adapt your work until it is indistinguishable from fun.

Quality reading builds unparalleled information asymmetries.

The asymmetries are invisible to those that do not read, and indispensable to those that do.

Wealth culminates in freedom.

Intelligence culminates in wisdom.

Internal peace culminates in happiness.

The greatest gift:

An intelligent partner who is naturally kind.