Thread by @SahilBloom

The New York Times recently released an op-ed entitled The Greatest Life Hacks in the World (for Now).

It had some absolute gems of wisdom.

Here were my favorites:

“If you meet a jerk once a month, you’ve met a jerk. If you meet jerks every day, you’re a jerk.”

“Getting cheated occasionally is a small price to pay for trusting the best in everyone, because when you trust the best in others, they will treat you the best.”

“Build identity capital. In your 20s do three fascinating things that job interviewers and dinner companions will want to ask you about for the rest of your life.”

“Make the day; don’t let the day make you. Make sure you are setting your schedule, not just responding to invitations from others.”

“Take photos of things your parents do every day. That’s how you’ll want to remember them.”

“When you have 90 percent of a large project completed, finishing up the final details will take another 90 percent.”

“When you’re beginning a writing project, give yourself permission to write badly. You can’t fix it until it’s down on paper.”

Here’s the link to the full piece. Well worth your time! nytimes.com/2022/06/02/opi…

And special shoutout to @kevin2kelly—his annual birthday reflections are what inspired the op-ed from @nytdavidbrooks.

Loved it.

I wrote about it in today’s edition of my newsletter. You can find the link here below. sahilbloom.substack.com/p/the-greatest…

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If you don’t enjoy this kind of stuff, I still got love for you, but I can’t help you.

Since it got me thinking, a few more I’d add:

If something seems too good to be true, it probably is.

If someone tells you not to worry, you should probably worry.

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.