At a restaurant do you order what you know is great， or do you try something new？ Do you make what you know will sell or try something new？ Do you keep dating new folks or try to commit to someone you already met？ The optimal balance for exploring new things vs exploiting them once found is: 1/3. Spend 1/3 of your time on exploring and 2/3 time on deepening. It is harder to devote time to exploring as you age because it seems unproductive， but aim for 1/3.
Be a pro. Back up your back up. Have at least one physical backup and one backup in the cloud. Have more than one of each. How much would you pay to retrieve all your data， photos， notes， if you lost them？ Backups are cheap compared to regrets.
Getting cheated occasionally is the small price for trusting the best of everyone， because when you trust the best in others， they generally treat you best.
It’s possible that a not-so smart person， who can communicate well， can do much better than a super smart person who can’t communicate well. That is good news because it is much easier to improve your communication skills than your intelligence.
What you actually pay for something is at least twice the listed price because of the energy， time， money needed to set it up， learn， maintain， repair， and dispose of at the end. Not all prices appear on labels. Actual costs are 2x listed prices.
A wise man said， “Before you speak， let your words pass through three gates. At the first gate， ask yourself， “Is it true？” At the second gate ask， “Is it necessary？” At the third gate ask， “Is it kind？”
