Stefan Sagmeister's list of what he has learned

  • Helping other people helps me.
  • Having guts always works for me.
  • Thinking life will be better in the future is stupid, I have to live now.
  • Organizing a charity group is surprisingly easy.
  • Being not truthful works against me.
  • Everything I do always comes back to me.
  • Assuming is stifling.
  • Drugs feel great in the beginning and become a drag later on.
  • Over time I get used to everything and start taking it for granted.
  • Money does not make me happy.
  • Traveling alone is helpful for a new perspective on life.
  • Keeping a diary supports my personal development.
  • Trying to look good limits my life.
  • Material luxuries are best enjoyed in small doeses.
  • Worrying solves nothing.
  • Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.
  • Actially doing the things I set out to do increases my overall level os fatisfaction.
  • Everybody things they are right.
  • Low expectations are good strategy.
  • Whatever I want to explore professionally, it's best to try it out for myself first.
  • Everybody who is honest is interesting.

I don't totally agree with everything here but I like that there are no judgements - nothing like "this is good", "that is bad", "you should do this", and it's written from a personal point of view which sounds mature for me.

See original video and the whole list.