* Time is the most valuable thing you can buy. * Have a “Mr. Market” view of stocks. * What you want is leverage - time and nature working on your side. * In investing, the only price that matters is the price on the day that you

* The trouble isn’t knowing the truth, it’s learning how to deliver it with decency and courage. * More informed does not mean better educated. * Beware of teachers who complicate; genius is in simplicity. * People tend not to skew towards the truth, but to

* To flourish, merge the best of modernity with the best of our ancestral foragers. * The modern rebel resists cheap dopamine, relishes silent solitude, and cultivates a long attention span; technology is their slave, not the inverse. * Politicians lambast identity politics, then castigate "the

* For couples, emphasize growth, not fusion. * The best friends, lovers, family members bring out and encourage the best in you. * Your most important relationship is the one you have with yourself; surround yourself with those who respect that, and don’t ask you to

* Know yourself - the First Amendment of every autonomous person. * The ultimate power is the ability to say "no." * You want to be known for signal, not noise. * Do not confuse the loudest voice for the majority voice. * All prescriptions create their

* Is your “love” just obsession by another name? * Do people have ideas, or do ideas have people? * Compared to what (when assessing the quality of any system)? * Is something deep in you being violated? * Does your derision conceal anxiety? * What are the lies society

* When dating, find someone that falls into your “must-have” attraction zone; then, pick for character, personality, and, mostly, compatibility * People want to be desired; this, mostly, is what makes a great lover. * Men are best appreciated by older women, slightly past their prime. * People

* Luxury has diminishing returns; a "world-class" resort, car, or home, is 10x the price and is 10% better. * Getting up early casts a vote for the day’s momentum and growth. * You want to be a bit of an addict, to the

* The sign of an insecure know-it-all: in small groups, they lecture, rather than converse.  A slight tension is in the air. * Social climbers are dismissive and harsh towards those beneath them; subservient and fake to those above them. * To predict someone’s future behavior,

* Most misery is self-made. * For the affluent, the most common addictions are stress, a salary, and a pro-doing compulsion. * Depression arrives when growth is hindered. * A tip that someone is depressed: they continue to complain, but do nothing to change. * The key symptoms of

* Friends see your blind spots, and show you. * Buying someone a meal never disappoints. * Avoid humorless people. * For every gathering of 4+ people, over three hours in length, take a picture. * Seek friends you admire, but do not envy.

* Life is a dinner conversation. * For many, people are space-fillers once a phone’s dopamine hit subsides. * The best conversationalists never lost childhood's wonder and beginners mind. * Amazing what one honest conversation can do. * Want better conversations?  Prepare for them (e.g.