If every year in Silicon Valley ages us 7 years, then I’ve now been in Silicon Valley for 119 years.

Summary of wisdom I’ve learned:

1/ Kindness matters.

2/ Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

3/ Give a little every single day. Over time that truly adds up... https://twitter.com/adammgrant/status/816312048862818306
4/ Be fearless. Disrupt with courage.

Fortune favors the bold. https://twitter.com/parvatishallow/status/914819520384073728
5/ Be somebody. Do something.

Every. Single. Day. https://twitter.com/amyjccuddy/status/934519367038992385
6/ Be who you are, as hard as you can.

Every. Single. Day. https://twitter.com/asipocz/status/589497188700524544
7/ Like the kind. Follow the insightful.

Every. Single. Day. https://twitter.com/naval/status/855865123973382144
8/ What we do every day is more important than what we do sporadically.

Build good habits.

We are what we repeatedly do. https://twitter.com/gretchenrubin/status/668897877075345410
9/ The world is moved by our examples, not by our opinions. https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/824399249957752832
10/ All lessons of history in four sentences:

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power.

The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small.

The bee fertilizes the flower it robs.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

(Charles A Beard)
11/ The most difficult tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements but moral acts:

To return love for hate,

To include the excluded,

And to say "I was wrong."

(Sydney J Harris, via my brother)
12/ It’s not going to stop till you wise up.

Lessons are repeated until they are learned...
13/ Kindness is helping each person be their best self.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.

Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

(Margaret Mead)
14/ Leave the world a bit better than you found it.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived: This is to have succeeded.

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
15/ Be here now.

Life is 20% what happens to us and 80% how we react.

Our thoughts become our actions.

What we do echoes in eternity.

We are the product of everything we think and do.

We are the stories we tell. We are feedback loops.

Be present. https://twitter.com/slack2thefuture/status/825198136071032832
16/ DREAM, and do not make dreams your master.

THINK, and do not make thoughts your aim.

Do not celebrate victories too much, because success is temporary.

Do not beat yourself up when things go wrong, because failure is temporary, too. https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/945021389072764928
17/ Struggle.

We all run from the Struggle because it’s uncomfortable.

We should embrace the Struggle.

Struggle is how we make progress.

@bhorowitz has said that Struggle is the path to greatness. https://twitter.com/marisandifer/status/946472410899009536
18/ The most precious resource we have is time.

Worry never robs tomorrow of sorrow. It robs today of joy.

You cannot go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.

What we do each moment echoes in eternity. https://twitter.com/mirasorvino/status/943646381457129472
19/ Trust the wait.

Embrace the uncertainty.

Enjoy the beauty of becoming.

When nothing is certain, anything is possible.

Pain is real. So is hope.

Hope is stronger than fear.
20/ Fight for who and what we value.

We do not win by fighting against what we hate.

We win by saving what we love.
21/ Push people the way they lean.

Everyone has flaws. The key is to find a person’s strengths and encourage her or him to lean into that.

Keep connecting good people and good things happen.

Approach every opportunity with purpose and preparation. https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/950225435761131521
22/ Speak up.

Do something when things are not right.

As James Baldwin said, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

Encourage others to speak up and do something, too.

Make a ruckus. Be the change. https://twitter.com/jrosenworcel/status/936683452501581824
23/ We become more like the people with whom we spend time.

Choose wisely.

Kindness matters in life and in work.

The longer I live, the more I want to work with friends who have compassion, ethics, and empathy: https://twitter.com/jonnysun/status/942196176954281986
24/ Light as many candles as you can:

https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/952673769914433536

Great mentors don’t give answers. They ask questions.

https://twitter.com/emmaseppala/status/628380430174134272
25/ Persevere. And position yourself for luck.

Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time, resources, and energy making it:

https://twitter.com/sandablue/status/951363562882174976

Don’t derail your own destiny: https://twitter.com/reidhoffman/status/966447587027922944
26/ Luck correlates with being open to opportunities, intuition, optimism, and resilience:

https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/982154124560031745

The cure for meritocracy is cultural belief in luck and tragedy:

https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/962129633612259328

Research on luck’s outsized role in outcomes: https://twitter.com/troutgirl/status/970399326458425344
27/ You write your life story with the choices you make. https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/980976496205443072

Life lessons are learned or wasted in a split second.

https://twitter.com/soniagupta504/status/980954687020064769
28/ We are the stories we tell. We are feedback loops. https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/981769667357229057

The way you tell your story to yourself matters, says Amy Cuddy: https://twitter.com/amyjccuddy/status/986399403207483392

To assuage anxious thinking, tell yourself a story of how things will work out well. https://twitter.com/sinclair_ceasar/status/983876811523280896
29/ How to write: https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/952009437320945664

The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right but to get it written. https://twitter.com/thelaceylondon/status/981873051854888960

Help writers by cheerfully cheering. https://twitter.com/paperfury/status/979686913576599552

Stories heal us, says @IyanlaVanzant. https://twitter.com/sabatekle/status/987152650637627392
30/ 95% of writing is just tricking yourself psychologically to keep going.

95% of success is just showing up.

95% of success is beginning.

95% of EVERYTHING is just tricking yourself psychologically to keep going. https://twitter.com/britrbennett/status/951630690008809472
31/ TEN things that require ZERO talent:

Work Ethic
Effort
Body Language
Energy
Attitude
Passion
Being Coachable
Being on Time
Doing Extra
Being Prepared

[I add: kindness, compassion, gratitude, being open to opportunities, grit, resilience…]

More: https://twitter.com/mollyfletcher/status/783336162639351808
32/ Albert Einstein once declared compound interest to be “the most powerful force in the universe.”

Imagine the compound interest you will earn when you keep investing in yourself over many years. https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/983227951796727808 https://twitter.com/naval/status/982561115853938690
33/ The first rule of compounding is: Never interrupt it unnecessarily.

Practice reaffirming your identity: “It’s not always about what happens during the workout. It’s about being the type of person who doesn’t miss workouts.” https://twitter.com/james_clear/status/984503267676905472 https://twitter.com/james_clear/status/992504140688429063
34/ A little bit every day over time adds up. https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/1002571547544977410?s=21 https://twitter.com/james_clear/status/997629774083297285

Compound interest works with money, and also has power in other parts of our lives. “Wealthy” is passive income that exceeds our burn.

https://twitter.com/ellie/status/987710203603968001 https://twitter.com/profgalloway/status/987668541217308673
35/ Praise the good. Ignore the bad. https://twitter.com/james_clear/status/990224407418277889
36/ What it’s like to be in a startup: https://twitter.com/talkopan/status/830143100249075713?s=21
37/ Reflect on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s beliefs about success and the meaning of life:

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."

https://www.developgoodhabits.com/wise-quotes/ 
38/ Seek out inspired, passionate, motivated, grateful, and open minded people.

Ask them questions. Listen to their answers. https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/883336885975662593?s=21
39/ Connect in meaningful ways.

Deep conversations with someone who understands you are heaven on earth.

https://twitter.com/ronavgonzales/status/1029987035849744385?s=21 https://twitter.com/intuitivekind2/status/845807808998191104?s=21
40/ Talent and hard work are important but luck and good attitude are more important.

Good attitude appreciates the crucial role that luck plays in success.

https://twitter.com/sjvenuto/status/939204477579436032?s=21 https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/982509150327353344?s=21 https://twitter.com/troutgirl/status/970399326458425344?s=21 https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/948002796665651200?s=21 https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/939132734286438401?s=21
43/ Take a break from technology regularly.

https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/1027445516555104256?s=21 https://twitter.com/miss_snuffy/status/1033748077872599040?s=21
44/ Decisions define destiny.

"If you can make a decision with analysis, you should do so. But it turns out in life that your most important decisions are always made with instinct and intuition, taste, heart." (Jeff Bezos)

https://twitter.com/sachinrekhi/status/1041905341166845953?s=21 https://twitter.com/wolfejosh/status/1038620252177948675?s=21
45/ “Seventy-five years. That's how much time you get if you're lucky. 75 years. 75 Winters. 75 Springtimes. 75 Summers. And 75 Autumns. When you look at it like that, it's not a lot of time, is it? Don't waste them.” ~Holy Man

https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy/status/790175945755721728?s=21 https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/981769667357229057?s=21
46/ “Get your head out of the rat race and forget about the superficial things that pre-occupy your existence and get back to what's important now. Right Now. This very second.” ~Holy Man

https://twitter.com/chachina/status/1008894097204109317?s=21 https://twitter.com/aimeemann/status/946637881463812097?s=21 https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/951237628254289920?s=21
47/ “You could be loving more. You could be taking some chances… You could get in touch with the part of you that lives instead of fears; the part of you that loves instead of hates; the part of you that recognizes the humanity in all of us.” ~Holy Man https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/1031073042527485952?s=21
49/ Whenever you can, do something that will make somebody happy.

https://twitter.com/celladriana/status/716831241203531776?s=21 https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/1053167497048780800?s=21 https://twitter.com/celladriana/status/939705923374927872?s=21
50/ Choose what you face wisely to bring about good change.

"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
— James Baldwin

https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/954031289580924928?s=21 https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/1030839642298281984?s=21 https://twitter.com/common/status/1069054644209381376?s=21
53/ We can always be more kind.

“Think of kindness as a muscle. In some people, that muscle is naturally stronger than in others, but it can grow stronger in everyone with exercise.”

https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/982101982394503172?s=21 https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/1202293808169242625?s=21 https://twitter.com/theatlantic/status/1200875609632788481?s=21 https://twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/1101741755156709376?s=21
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