More life advice from an engineer

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Some life advice from an engineer

1. Be yourself, but be the best version of yourself. Always improve yourself, but don’t try to become someone you are not, you’ll be miserable.
2. Be different, but don’t stand out too much from the crowd. The loudest crow often gets shot first.
3. Be your best self, for yourself. There is no need to impress anyone else.
4. Think independently, but be open-minded. Be willing to listen to other ideas before formulating your own.
5. Rules and traditions are meant to be broken. But don’t pointlessly break them, they are there for a reason.
6. Time is your most valuable resource. Make the best use of it. It’s ok to trade money for time, but do not trade time for money.
7. What is popular isn’t always right. Think rationally, and don’t blindly follow the crowd and subscribe to herd mentality.
8. Know your place in the world. Be realistic with your expectations and what you’re capable of.
9. Dream big, but expect little. High expectations always lead to disappointment.
10. Freedom is not free. You have to earn it and respect it. Many people died fighting for it.
11. Those who cannot discipline themselves will be disciplined. You become a slave to your masters and your vices.
12. Love yourself before you love someone else. The only guarantee in life is you — others come and go. Take care of your needs first before others.
13. Surround yourself with the type of people you want to become. Everyone is the average of the five people closest to them.
14. Life is a never-ending quest to learn. Learn everything you can, you never know when you’ll need it.
15. All learning is empty until you use it. Don’t just read, apply your learnings and put them into practice.
16. You can only master three of the following at any given time: career/academics, health, family, social life, and fun/travel. Choose wisely.
17. Rather than thinking about how to divide the cake further, think instead about how to make the cake bigger.
18. If a problem can be solved using money, then it’s not a real problem. Money cannot buy your life back.
19. There’s always more that you don’t know than what you know. You can’t know everything. Learn how to deal with not knowing.
20. You don’t have as much (time, money, etc.) as you think. Before you know it you’ll be old or broke and regretting.
21. Always being busy is a sign of laziness. You’re simply working to distract yourself from the real problems.
22. There is no such thing as an accident. Only stupidity, carelessness, and unpreparedness.
23. Speak the truth, but with a filter. Otherwise, you’ll be seen as an outcast.
24. Trust your gut. If something doesn’t feel right, bail.
25. Enjoy your solitude. Everyone has their own lives once you’re out of school. Being alone does not equate to loneliness.
26. You cannot push on a rope or pull on dirt. Follow the rules of nature.
27. Be in one with nature. Love it or hate it, we are all part of it. Never work against the forces of nature.
28. Live for the experiences. Things can be easily broken, lost, and replaced, but memories last a lifetime.
29. True happiness and satisfaction come from within. Everything you experience on the outside is merely stimulation.
30. You’re lucky to be alive. Carry yourself with a purpose, and live every day as if it’s your last.