The best advice for the young man (most techy people at 19 are men, and I assume this onward), is and will always will be:
1)You can never overdress
2)Dance a lot
3)Always ask out the best looking girl in the room.
4)Leave college or any job with a piece of work (thesis, rock opera, example circuit boards, etc)
5)Go left. If your opponent knows you can't shoot left, you are done for. Applies to war, business and arguments.
6)Shake hands very firmly. Especially with women. It's respect.
7)Keep the gas at a half tank. Emergencies happen.
8)Family is more important to most people than their own life, or yours.
9)Use tools, learn to fix your own car.
10)Learn to cook well. Flip burgers and steaks ONCE and ONLY ONCE. DO NOT squeeze the juices out of them.
11)DO NOT become addicted. Do not develop alcoholism or start smoking. Enjoy these things, sure, but chemical addiction is horrible.
12) Set goals every 6 months. Write them down, tell your family about them, post them on your fridge.
Nothing here has anything to do with ambition. That's more a personality trait and isn't really adoptable or disposable. Luck has so much to do with life and business and can't be assumed. But that is OK. Relax, dance, drink wine with your new wife. Play with your niece and grandfather. But hustle your ass off when you aren't. Work hard at things you enjoy. If you don't enjoy them, set a goal for when you are leaving and work on that at least once a day. Happiness is NOT success. Happiness is what you are and if you let others define your happiness, be they heroin or cigarettes or Harvard admissions committee or Palantir or Jeff Bezos, then you are not going to be happy.
I have literally 919 more one-liners and lots of quotes I hope to give to a son someday. Most of it is stupid simple reminders, but some I hope will help that young man along in life.
1)You can never overdress
2)Dance a lot
3)Always ask out the best looking girl in the room.
4)Leave college or any job with a piece of work (thesis, rock opera, example circuit boards, etc)
5)Go left. If your opponent knows you can't shoot left, you are done for. Applies to war, business and arguments.
6)Shake hands very firmly. Especially with women. It's respect.
7)Keep the gas at a half tank. Emergencies happen.
8)Family is more important to most people than their own life, or yours.
9)Use tools, learn to fix your own car.
10)Learn to cook well. Flip burgers and steaks ONCE and ONLY ONCE. DO NOT squeeze the juices out of them.
11)DO NOT become addicted. Do not develop alcoholism or start smoking. Enjoy these things, sure, but chemical addiction is horrible.
12) Set goals every 6 months. Write them down, tell your family about them, post them on your fridge.
Nothing here has anything to do with ambition. That's more a personality trait and isn't really adoptable or disposable. Luck has so much to do with life and business and can't be assumed. But that is OK. Relax, dance, drink wine with your new wife. Play with your niece and grandfather. But hustle your ass off when you aren't. Work hard at things you enjoy. If you don't enjoy them, set a goal for when you are leaving and work on that at least once a day. Happiness is NOT success. Happiness is what you are and if you let others define your happiness, be they heroin or cigarettes or Harvard admissions committee or Palantir or Jeff Bezos, then you are not going to be happy.
I have literally 919 more one-liners and lots of quotes I hope to give to a son someday. Most of it is stupid simple reminders, but some I hope will help that young man along in life.