The purpose of money is to buy the freedom to unlock your most creative self.

If there was a tutorial to life, it would actually be quite simple: 1) Read books to avoid the common time-wasting mistakes, most of the wisdom you need for a happy life is actually written down in timeless novels 2) Accumulate a wide range of experiences and meet a lot of people, don't be scared of surrounding yourself with people who are much better than you, have a point of comparison to figure out where you are mediocre, average, good, great 3) Physically move to a place where you will be able to learn from people who can make the great greater, don't underestimate the importance of long-term serendipitous encounters 4) Once in a while, you will bond with someone effortlessly, they might be from another country, they might be decades younger or older than you, but keep these people in your life, they are rarer than you think 5) As you experience the mental ups and downs of life, clarify what habits and routines you need to stay the highest-energy version of yourself, stick to them, and keep in mind that average people will always have something judgmental to say when you do things differently 6) Invest in your financial education and have fun learning about new technological tools as they are being invented: as you get older, opportunities may narrow down, but as long as you capture and compound some of the value that you are creating, getting wealthier as you get older should be inevitable 7) Call your parents and grandparents while you still can, you will only start truly understanding what they went through and start feeling grateful once you have kids yourself, "you will get it when you are older" is actually underappreciated wisdom 8) Marry someone that you are happy to love and support, someone who figured out what they wanted from life and who has the courage to make choices, someone you choose to share the inevitable ups and downs of the journey with, a perfect marriage requires tolerance to imperfections 9) Keep making "new" mistakes, the kind of mistakes that most people never make because they never even had the courage to try; once in a while, when you expect it the least, you will get a breakthrough that will set you up for an extraordinary life; you just need to be mentally resilient and patient until it happens 10) Be serious about your ambitions, but don't take yourself too seriously, you're gonna be on your deathbed one day, self-reflecting about the life you've had; a lot of people you crossed paths with will be gone already, and whether you find peace will depend on the stories you wrote with others, you can't lie to yourself about your own journey

People don't struggle mentally, they struggle to respect themselves sufficiently to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Keeping the promises you’ve been making to yourself is the antidote to anxiety. There is no reason to feel anxious when life keeps getting better year after year.

Before you worry about your impact on the world and about your legacy, it's probably wise to start taking a good look at how you are treating your family and friends.

Many people think they are smart because they spend a lot of time in their mind thinking about all sorts of things, but overthinking is actually a sign of average intelligence, smart people spend more time acting decisively than thinking, that's how they got the life they wanted.

Train like an athlete Read like a scholar Love like a parent Dream like an artist Plan like a scientist Journal like an introvert Invest like an immortal Listen like a mentor Be curious like a kid Be humble like a beginner Be bold like you still have everything to prove

Every parent who suffered wants their children to have better opportunities than they had: once you understand it, you won't waste the time you have here, you will strive for the best version of yourself, you know that's the best way to show that their sacrifices meant something.

A common mistake that smart people do is getting involved in politics thinking that being factual, logical, rational will change people’s minds Most people only hear what validates their past decisions, they don’t want uncomfortable truths that would actually improve their lives

Past a certain age, no one has time for drama anymore: people who are still quick to anger and emotionally immature inevitably end up isolated with their own kind, because when you can choose to hang out with anyone, we all prefer those who are kind, loving, thoughtful, smart.