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My favorite essays of life advice

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Life is short • There is no speed limit • How to Be Successful • You and your research • Becoming a Magician • 95th percentile isn’t that good

I start each of my weekly reviews by re-reading one of my favorite essays of life advice-a different one each week. It's useful for a few different reasons: It helps me get into the right reflective frame of mind. The best essays are dense enough with useful advice that I find new interesting bits every time I read them. Much good advice is easy to understand, but hard to implement . So to get the most benefit from it, you should find whatever version of it most resonates you and then re-read it frequently to keep yourself on track. I've collected my favorite essays for re-reading below. I'll

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