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Simon V.'s avatar

Happy Birthday, Erik! Thanks for the write-up, these are great ideas and there's a lot of wisdom there.

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Will Mannon's avatar

Great advice. Clear that it's hard-earned wisdom. Thanks Erik

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Adham Bishr's avatar

Beautiful List. Favorite is "Love is a Verb".

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Mehdi Yacoubi's avatar

phenomenal list

thank you!

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Jason Yin's avatar

very insightful. a small question is: there is no No.30 bullet?

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Erik Torenberg's avatar

added :)

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Sheila's avatar

Happy Birthday! This is a beautiful list of reflections. Going to share this with friends. <3

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Daniel Boaitey's avatar

This is excellent

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Mr. Ondrej's avatar

Advice to me at 20: drop that bong.

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Liam O’Sullivan's avatar

I’ve been exploring the idea of a consciousness accelerator — a system that turns these kinds of insights into interactive tools and practices, using AI + behavioral science to help people not just read wisdom, but live it faster.

What if everyone had their own version of these 35 truths… but in real-time, and dynamically personalized?

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Liam O’Sullivan's avatar

This is excellent. Thank you for sharing 🙂

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Moltar's avatar

So, these things are often written by people who are now successful. However it often correlates with people who have had the right breaks/luck circumstances. Some of the points are good, some clearly come from a place where you haven’t seen the depths of the issue.

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John Hong's avatar

A lesson in thoughtfulness, certainly not just bits of advice. I should start writing a list from my much older perch.

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Toby Chan's avatar

Hi Erik, I’m 21 right now. Thanks for writing!

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Sandra Vu's avatar

this is a brilliant read, thanks for the essay - Erik

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Sid Davis's avatar

Top notch work! So much good stuff. I will never forget when I finally learned that what people want, is often not connected to what they criticize.

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Alex & Books's avatar

Happy birthday Erik, lots of wonderful lessons here!

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