Source: Smart Investors
Editor's note
Kevin Kelly (Kevin Kelly), who is 71, is affectionately known as K.K. by Chinese readers. He is the founder and executive editor of “Connect” magazine, which is an important position and a monument in the new online culture, and can be called a “rolling stone magazine in the field of technology.”
Some call him a “cyberculture” speaker and observer, while others call him a “science and technology predictor.”
In 1994, it was still a world of keyboard input. There were no touch screens yet. K.K. boldly predicted, “Keyboards are not user-friendly enough. One day, touch- and voice-controlled portable computers will appear, and people can directly interact with computers to store data.” Thirteen years later, Jobs' first iPhone with a touch screen officially came out.
K.K. also predicted:
eBook:Any flat surface can become a screen, and the era of reading books has entered the era of screen reading
AI:In the future, when AI is ubiquitous, not only is it important itself, but it will also make other technologies possible
Voice Interfaces:We can talk to artificial intelligence
Mirrored World:The so-called mirrored world refers to mixed reality, wearing virtual reality glasses, and entering a 3D world. It is a scene directly mixed with the real world
Self-tracking:The screen we're looking at now is actually looking back at you. We can track our mood changes, use our phone to track our health, etc.
K.K.'s most widely publicized work is “Out of Control.” If you still want to learn more about the profound and revolutionary changes in online cultural thought, consider “The Third Wave” from more than 40 years ago and “Understanding the Media” half a century ago.
On his 68th birthday, K.K. began writing some life suggestions for his children, many of which were based on timeless values and virtues, such as gratitude, kindness, optimism... and others in line with Buffett Munger's eclectic songs, such as focusing on long-term sustainable small investments, compounding profit accumulation, etc.
There are also some very detailed suggestions, such as whether to watch movie trailers, wash things clean when you return something you've borrowed, how to apologize to others... from an old father who never gets tired of it (laolaodaodao).
Later, these suggestions were unexpectedly welcomed by many young people. Even when K.K. 70 years old and updated their suggestions, a large number of people poured into the website, causing the website to temporarily collapse. So K.K. organized it in a new book, “Valuable Life Advice,” “This book is like a compressed file that you can unzip and discover more treasures in it.”
The original English version has 460 suggestions, and the Chinese version K.K. specially added 40 suggestions. We have selected the 100 most wonderful sentences from 500 articles to enjoy with you.
1. Never work for someone you don't want to be
1. If you don't want to invest in a company, don't work for this company. Because when you work, you're putting in everything you have: your time.
2. Before agreeing to attend a work session, you must read the conference schedule and know what kind of decisions you need to make. You can skip this session if you don't need to make any decisions.
3. If you find someone who wants money, they'll give you advice, but if you want advice, they'll give you money.
4. When you're stuck or overwhelmed, focus on the little things you can do to move things forward.
5. Your best job will be the one you're not qualified for because it forces you to tap into your potential. In fact, you should only apply for jobs you're not qualified for.
6. Be prepared: When a major project is 90% complete, the final details still require 90% of effort. Building a house and making a movie are both famous for having two 90%.
7. If you're willing to go down seven more levels, you can figure anything out. If the first person you ask doesn't know, ask the other person, who should you ask next, and so on. Find the seventh person and you'll almost always get an answer.
8. Don't create to make money; make money to support creation. The reward for a good job is more work.
9. Everyone's time is limited, and everyone's time is constantly dwindling. The highest leverage you can get with your money is to buy someone else's time. Where possible, hire employees and outsource work.
10. Anything worthwhile requires endless work. You can't set an upper limit on work, so you have to set a limit on how long you work. The only thing you can manage is time, not work.
11. Just spend 15 minutes a day, or about 1% of the day, to improve your career. This is the most powerful way for you to grow your career.
2. Do jobs that are difficult for AI to imitate
12. The best criticism of something is to make something new to replace it.
13. Doing things that no one can understand can bring the greatest rewards. If it's possible, do some work that doesn't have a name yet.
14. The surest way to succeed is to define success yourself. Shoot an arrow first, then draw a bullseye where you hit it.
15. Show me your schedule and I'll know what your priorities are. Tell me who your friends are and I'll know what kind of person you'll become.
16. One life goal worth pursuing is to become an influential person whose behavior cannot be predicted. In other words,We need to do things that are difficult for AI to imitate. Be someone who can't be modeled by an algorithm, and you'll be irreplaceable.
3. Don't buy anything late at night
17. Don't leave fine porcelain and fine wine until a rare occasion to take them out. This kind of thing is probably permanent; as long as you have the chance, you can take them out.
18. In a museum, you'll need to spend at least 10 minutes to truly appreciate a piece of art. Even if you look at 5 exhibits, take 10 minutes for each, don't look at 100 exhibits; each one takes 30 seconds.
19. Where conditions permit, every room should have two sides of lighting. Rooms with only one side of lighting have a low usage rate, so when you have a choice, choose a room with two sides of lighting.
20. Don't buy anything late at night. You can wait until the next morning to buy anything you need to buy.
21. Your time and space are limited. Things that can no longer bring you happiness need to be removed, given away, and thrown away to make time and space for things that can bring you happiness.
22. Where you live — city or country — has a big impact on how you live. This factor, unlike most, is a factor you can choose and change.
23. Speak with confidence, as if you were right, and listen carefully, as if you were wrong.
24. When you make others wait for you, they start thinking about all your flaws.
25. In a speech, the audience can only remember at most three key points.
26. The best way to get the right answers on the internet is to post a clearly wrong answer and wait for others to correct you.
27. If you're looking for something at home and have finally found it, don't put it back in its place after you've used it up. Place it where you first looked for it.
28. Collecting is only a good thing for you if you display your collection in a prominent place and happily share it with others. Otherwise, you're just hoarding something.
29. I believe in three-star product reviews, because these reviews talk about both good aspects and bad aspects. This is the real situation of most products.
4.99% of the things you worry about won't happen
30. Try it once a month, take a different route home, enter the house in a different chair, and eat in a different chair. Don't follow the old rules.
31. Multitasking is a myth. Don't message while walking, running, biking, or driving. It doesn't matter if you stop for a moment, no one will forget you for this minute.
32. A new idea will disappear from your mind after five minutes of generating it. Use these five minutes to act in a timely manner.
33. Worry is a sign of inefficiency. What's certain is that 99% of what you're worried about won't happen.
34. When you ask yourself “where is my good knife” or “where is my good pen,” you should pay attention. That means you have bad knives and pens. Get rid of these bad things.
35. Make progress by developing habits. The benefit is that you no longer have to make inner trade-offs when it comes to taking action. Stop using energy to think about whether to do this. You just have to do it.
36. Don't focus on how to look good. Focus on being someone who works out whenever you get a chance.
5. Record the rest of your parents' lives
37. We lack a sense of ceremony to grow up. Host a memorable family ceremony when your child reaches the age of majority, between 18 and 21 years old. That moment will be an important litmus test in their lives.
38. If the marriage is to be happy, it is up to the parties to take turns deciding.
39. When a child is endlessly asking “why,” the smartest answer is, “I don't know, why do you think?”
40. The best thing you can do for your kids is love your spouse.
41. When a child makes a mistake, let him choose the punishment method himself. He'll be harsher than you.
42. Most arguments actually have nothing to do with the arguments themselves. So in most cases, people can't win arguments through arguments.
43. Your ideal partner isn't someone you'll never disagree with, but someone you're happy to disagree with.
44. Listening is an incredibly powerful ability. As you listen to someone you love speak, keep asking them, “Are there any more?” until they say “no more”
45. While the parents are still alive, use a recording device (or app) to interview them. Keep asking questions. You'll have amazing gains. Ask someone to write an oral history, documentary, or book about their experiences. It will be a great gift for them and for your family.
6.The right time is now
46. Staying optimistic is equivalent to increasing IQ by 25 points.
47. When you think about “what's next?” With these few words, your decisions will become smarter.
48. If you don't have an occasional fall, you're just following the flow.
49. In about 99% of cases, the right time is now.
50. If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room. Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you and learn from them. Better yet: find smart people whose opinions don't agree with yours.
51. On the way to big goals, celebrate those smallest victories, just as every small victory is the ultimate goal. That way, no matter where the journey ends, victory will be yours.
52. When people tell you what's wrong, they're usually right. When they tell you how to solve a problem, they're usually wrong.
7.What kind of person you are depends on what you do
53. A good way to get to know yourself is to think carefully about what makes you angry in others.
54. If you want to be happy, you must first make yourself a useful person.
55. Leave at least one thing in your life; in this matter, you don't seek efficiency. Spend more time enjoying this, even if it's not your forte. This is your time to have fun and will keep you young forever. Never think it's wrong to do this.
56. You can't really be who you are by yourself alone. You can't be a one-of-a-kind person on your own. It's a paradox, if you want to be unique, you need help from everyone else in the world.
57. Don't care what people think of you because they don't care about you. If you don't deliberately seek approval from others, you have unlimited power.
58. What kind of person you are depends on what you do. It's not about what you say, it's not about what you believe or who you vote for, but what you spend your time on.
8. Like an initial model to be designed, do all kinds of experiments
59. People in their 20s can do extraordinary, bizarre, daring and adventurous things, unreasonable, insanely stupid, unprofitable, and seemingly unrelated to “success.” These experiences will be your inspirational muse for the rest of your life.
60. “What should I do now?” The only effective way to answer this question is to first address another question: “What kind of person should I be?”
61. I only have few regrets in my life; I regret what I have done. Almost all regrets are regrets about not doing anything.
62. Fear makes people do stupid things, so don't believe anything people do in fear.
63. When you're young, spend at least six months to a year, live as frugally as possible, have as few things as possible, live in a small room or tent, and eat beans and rice. That way, whenever you have to take risks in the future, you won't be afraid of the “worst” scenario.
64. Creating something really new usually doesn't require a lot of money. Otherwise, new inventions would be monopolized by billionaires, which is not the case. By contrast, almost all breakthroughs have been created by people short of money. Inventing something new requires passion, persistence, conviction, and ingenuity. Poor people and young people are often rich in these qualities. Stay hungry.
65. Whether it's wealth, relationships, or knowledge, those greatest rewards in life come from magical compound interest, where small, stable benefits continue to expand. To achieve abundance, all you need is to persevere and let your investment exceed your losses by 1%.
66. The wise man said: Let your words pass through three doors before you speak. At the first door, ask, “Is this true?” At the second door, ask, “Do I have to say it?” At the third door, ask, “Is it out of goodwill?”
67. Set aside one day a week and resolutely not work, do not do business, and earn no income. Call this day a “rest day” (or something else). Use this day to rest, recharge, and do the most important things in life. Surprisingly, you'll find that this day of rest is the most productive thing you've done in a week.
9.Give everyone a second chance, but not a third
68. Let others know you remember their name so they'll never forget yours. The trick to memorizing a name is to repeat it a few times in your mind the first time you hear it.
69. How do I apologize? Be quick, specific, and sincere. Don't use excuses; that would ruin the apology.
70. When you make a mistake, punish yourself faster and harsher than the person who has been aggrieved. Surprisingly, this relieves their anger.
71. Putting guests to dinner is always an effective method, and it's easy and easy to do. It works great for old friends and is a great way to make new friends.
72. If you need immediate help from bystanders, give them orders directly. Assigning tasks to them can turn a dazed bystander into a responsible helper.
73. You don't like everyone's obligations; you hate anyone's freedom.But you have to give basic respect to everyone, including those you hate.
74. When you first meet someone, you need to quickly discover his true personality. You can observe him and what he does when the internet speed is extremely slow.
75. Train 12 people who love you because they're worth over 12 million people who like you.
76. The more interested you are in others, the more interesting they find you. To make yourself interesting, you first need to be interested in others.
77. Everyone is shy; others are waiting for you to introduce yourself; they are waiting for you to send them an email; they are waiting for you to ask them out. Don't hesitate to do it.
78. When people tell you what's wrong, they're usually right. When they tell you how to solve a problem, they're usually wrong.
79. When you're young, make friends who are older than you; when you're old, make friends who are younger than you.
80. If you seek feedback from others, you'll get criticism. But if you seek advice, you'll get a partner.
81. Be generous; no one regrets giving too much at the end of their lives. There's no point in being the richest person in the graveyard.
82. Resentment is a curse; it doesn't affect the other person; it only hurts yourself. Let go of resentment as if it were poison.
83. The best answer to an insult is: “You're probably right.” They may often be right.
84. A proper apology needs to include the three R's:
Regret, regret (sincerely empathize with the other person)
Responsibility, responsibility (not blaming others)
Remedies, Remedies (Willing to Solve Problems)
85. Trust me: “they” don't exist.
10. The only thing you can manage is time, not work
86. Facing what matters allows you to change your mind. This is wisdom, not immorality.
87. Train employees well so that they have the ability to find another job, but also treat them well so that they never think about changing jobs.
88. To speed up the conference, it is necessary to stipulate that any speaker must say something that no one else in the conference knows.
89. When you lead, your real job is to develop more leaders, not more followers.
90. Simply show your team members that you appreciate them, and your team can achieve great things that are far beyond your personal abilities.
91. Any worthwhile project requires endless work. You can't set an upper limit on work, so you have to set a limit on how long you work. The only thing you can manage is time, not work.
11.Don't keep making the same mistakes, try to make new mistakes
92. Develop an aversion to mediocrity.
93. If you repeat what you did today 365 times, can you expect to be where you want to go in a year?
94. When you're faced with a task you can complete in under two minutes, do it right away.
95. When you find yourself procrastinating, don't resist. Think of procrastination as something you have to do now. Procrastinate with all your heart. Try doing nothing for five minutes and make this your mission. You can't complete this mission at all. After five minutes, you'll be ready and eager to work.
96. Only by cultivating patience with the little things can you be patient with the big things.
97. If you read a lot of history, you'll understand how many strange things have happened in the past; in this way, you will not be surprised by future strange things.
98. Fail fast, fail frequently, and learn from failure. Failure is not a disgrace if you can keep growing from failure.
99. The way to reduce your to-do list is to ask yourself, “If this isn't done, what's the worst that will happen?” Delete the other tasks, leaving only those that prevent a disaster from happening.
100. My suggestions are not rules. They're like hats. If it doesn't fit, try another one.
Editor/jayden