24. Every human deserves the same, and every human is different.
23. I wonder how life would be if everything had a deadline.
21. What is your own latest idea?
20. when you are going through a bad moment or don’t have clarity, ask yourself: what is useful? Identify it and do it. When you feel that taking a given action might be wrong, ask yourself: is this useful? I found me asking myself, what is useful? what is useful? what is useful? It is not about planning: find the action, do the action, search for the next action.
17. At Stanford, a well-known professor put a big whiteboard in the middle of a park, and wrote on one corner: email me if this whiteboard is a problem. This is the right way to act. Was he to ask for permission to put the whiteboard, and they might have taken a week to answer or say no.
16. I like being weird and talking with other weird people. Being weird is a decision, not only an innate trait. Being weird is similar to running extremely fast: you realize that previous limits were arbitrary. It is enlightening, confusing, and gives you freedom.
15. Being well-dressed is underrated. It increases your confidence and how highly other people think of you. Whenever I buy nice clothes I feel that before I was a clown. A practical tip: spend three hours searching for the best shirt (also in stores that are more expensive than what you can buy.) Then buy it and wear it. You will notice the difference, and probably dress much better after that.
14. What is music? For me, it is about feeling. Sometimes we can’t express what we feel just by talking or writing. Not expressing what is painful creates resentment. Not expressing what you enjoy makes you cold and disconnected from people. Besides channeling your expression, music also influences your feelings. Select songs carefully!
21 is a question I got from Julia Casares.