︎ Code for Life

Last Updated 08/05/21


These are the ever-evolving rules and frameworks with which I choose to conduct my life and work.

Use them wisely.

1. Use long time horizons, play infinite games
2. Be a monopoly of one
3. Choose loyalty over talent
4. Collect the dots then connect the dots
5. Support your friends
6. Don't chase vanity metrics
7. Don't overthink shit
8. Compound everything with interest
9. Reflect often, move on quickly
10. Build something beautiful
11. Say it with your chest
12. But shut up and listen
    
13. Tell the truth*
14. Pay things forward
15. Fight for the underdog
16. Never underestimate the underdog
    
17. Never turn down free food
18. Wear your sneakers
19. Learn from disagreement
    
20. Rebelling is fun, conforming is not
21. Show gratitude and pay homage
22. Ask why 3 times
23. Show up
24. Give and get back (combine with #8)
25. All celings are glass and/or imaginary
26. Never waste a good disaster
27. Art is in what you leave out
28. Under-promise and over-deliver
29. Success takes time
30. Be a good ancestor
31. Design is to be cherished
32. Death before inauthenticity
33. Be proud of your narrative
34. Good work ethic is the best catalyst
35. Don’t be precious