My commandments
- Feelings are the unconditional source of truth. Trust them and use them for building authentic opinions.
- Speak with the intention to inspire, not to brag.
- Listen with the intention to understand, not to reply.
- Write with the intention of usefulness, not to look smart. If you’ve learned nothing during your writing, don’t publish.
- Do not expect others to act according to your values. Instead, convince them that they are worth valuing.
- Do not expect others to fill your gaps. Especially, your partner is not to fix your flaws.
- Embrace the people around you. There is no such thing as self-made success as you can not pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
- Consider all people as smart as you just in different areas.
- Everyone has beauty inside, it’s your job to find it, not theirs to show you. You can not appreciate what you do not understand; hence, if you can understand everyone, you can appreciate everyone.
- It requires courage to be normal. The desire to be unique is a desire for recognition. The desire for recognition comes from comparing with others.
- Love exists. If you don’t believe, keep looking.