When I do get Doc’s deLorean, I will send the following list to my younger, idiot self:
- Squirrel away as much as you can
- Do not confuse love with infatuation or lust
- Do not attract attention to yourself
- Use the power of positive thinking
- Lose the inhibitions, but be cautious
- Leave company when advancement is via seniority, not merit
- Avoid female bosses
- Learn to control your temper
- There are better people than you who have done worse
- Buy into Google and Microsoft
- Textbook cooking is not the same as real cooking
- Do not leave the Peninsula hotel. Go wherever Chef Gundlach takes you
- People who look for the limelight are the ones who are pretentiuous
- Believe in the phrase ‘Birds of a feather…’
- Keep to your mind map
- Learn how to read people
- Stay in the shadows, find the the opportune time to strike
- ‘When in doubt, throw it out’ applies to everything
- Peer pressure is as lame as the word ‘impossible’
- Choose your trysts, you may regret it down the road
- Having the latest and the greatest isn’t always the best
- Don’t lose sight of serendipity
- Your choices are what define you, not what you do
- Do not let anyone cut you down
- Start networking…a lot
- Assets are liabilities. Make them into generators of your future
- Save enough for even just one real estate property, and buy it
- Gratification is a luxury. Attaining it is the adventure
- Politicians are crooked
- Policemen are crooked
- Government employees are crooked
- People will never pay attention to you unless you could do something for them
- Do not ever hope for a career in showbiz
- Keep a notebook of all your own recipes
- Live life
This is not an existential list. It sits on my desktop until I can print it out to give it to Doc and Marty
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