Everyone’s searching for the next big thing. But let me tell you a secret. What matters is solving a real problem, for real people, in a way that works.

Their opinions about you are not your problem.

Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the

You won't learn anything if you think you know everything already.

The purpose of education is to inspire the desire for learning in students and make them able to think, understand, and question. Not grades.

If it makes you happy it doesn't have to make sense to others.

CEO: "We need to return to the office for the incredible energy!" The energy:

Memorization is not learning.

You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish, or to be like they expect you to be. It's their mistake, not your failing.

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If people want what you have, they will break down your door… If they don’t want what you’ve got, changing the color palette won’t make a damned bit of difference.

Don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Don’t invite me anywhere last minute. I enjoy doing nothing so I need to know ahead of time if my plan to do nothing needs to be changed.

Funny how introverts are always told to ‘speak up’ and ‘get out of their shell’… but no one ever tells extroverts to lower their volume and maybe read the room