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Rules for Living: How to Create the Life You’re Meant to Live

Six years ago, after repeating many mistakes, I decided to write “rules for living” as an operating manual for my life. What are your rules?

Adam Grant’s book “Think Again” encourages readers to question what they know, resist giving advice too quickly, and exhibit humility.

For decades, society has implicitly taught that extroversion is good and introversion is bad. This extroversion bias shows up in subtle ways.

What is fear telling you to avoid right now? Use that fear as a compass. It can guide you toward where you can learn most.

Once someone accomplishes a seemingly impossible task, a psychological seal is broken, enabling others to complete the task even faster.

For the past ten years, I’ve been experimenting with tactics to remember key takeaways from the 650 books I’ve read in that timespan.

Be the person who works in humble, quiet isolation, then emerges from hibernation having completed something of substance.

Determine the rules that will govern your behavior in specific situations. Find a way to pre-decide what you should do.

The things that make you abnormal are often the things that become your superpowers. Abnormal habits lead to success.

Busy shouldn’t be a badge of honor. These five virtues offer a better path to success and fulfillment in our increasingly busy world.