1. Be aware there are no "adults". Everyone makes it up as they go along.
2. Inspiration is perishable-act one it immediately.
3. The most important trick to happiness is to realize happiness is a skill you develop and a choice you make.
4. We don't always get what we want, but sometimes what is happeing is for the best.
5. You're going to die one day and none of this is going to matter.
6. Knowledge is a skyscraper. You can take a shortcut with a fragile foundation of memorization, or build slowly upon a steel frame of understanding.
7. Reading is the ultimate meta-skill that can be traded for anything else.
8. The central challenge facing game designers is to delay the moment until you realize it’s a complete waste of time.
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