What I have learnt about life

1. Social networks have depreciated the value of wealth. A poor person can easily be more interesting and significant to others than a millionaire.

2. You do not need a car in Moscow.

3. Fame fades in a year.

4. Women generally understand life better than men.

5. “Never give up” — it does work.

6. People who write in CAPS are mentally ill.

7. Giving advice humiliates.

8. Honesty is captivating.

9. When choosing between health and happiness you should choose health.

10. No matter how bad things may seem now, they can get even worse.

11. Not being a feminist is so last century. Choosing a gender role women reduce themselves to a position of an animal. Men too.

12. You do not need to prove anything to a fool — you need to repeat.

13. Death turns a person’s life into a tragedy.

14. Perfectionism is nothing to be proud of. It’s a disease.

15. Apples raise blood glucose level.

16. Only deal with those whose actions prolong your life.

17. Being a fool is normal in our society: talking about insignificant things, acting like you’re supposed to, wasting one’s life on goals that are clear to your neighbour.

18. When asked “What have you learnt about life?” most people answer that they have not learnt anything. That is because they are too lazy to think.

19. Traditions are time spent poorly. It is easy to spend your whole life in meetings that have never led to anything.

20. No one wants to have unhappy people around.

21. The secret of success is a secret because it cannot be read or learned at a personal growth training.

22. The easiest way to the top of the social Olympus is to rob people who trust you. Therefore, there is a bunch of scoundrels there.

23. All prophets are confounded: events develop in an unpredictable way.

24. New knowledge is what helped me most in my life. If something is wrong you need to start studying.

25. Running at a slow pace for 150 minutes a week prolongs your life for 16 years.

26. The difference between improper and proper nutrition is 30 years of life. During these 30 years gene therapy of longevity will be invented and life will be extended for another 300 years. You should organize your life in such a way that you can still get into the future.

27. You can drown in your own memories and be unable to return to life.

28. An opinion that social networks are a waste of time is stupid. Facebook allows you to do anything. Don’t be lazy. Post constantly. This is the time we live in now.

29. Life is incredibly beautiful.

30. Do not deal with scoundrels: however profitable it may seem at first, it always ends badly.

31. There are no rules, we act according to circumstance.

32. One becomes a millionaire if they do not cease to try to become one. Banality? Yes, banality works.

33. Things will go better if you get up early. Consistency beats talent.

34. You cannot agree on anything at a drinking event. Everyone will forget everything and be embarrassed for that evening.

35. Never drink with random people. Even better do not drink at all.

36. You become rich and poor very fast.

37. Scientists can defeat poverty but they do not have the power to do so.

38. A person can do anything. The key is to find like-minded people.

39. When you know a lot, it’s like living a few lives at a time.

40. Being uncompromising is a strategically stronger position but it can leave you dead.

41. Life is strikingly different from a fairy tale: good rarely wins.

42. Scientists are often quite stupid. That’s due to them being focused on a limited group of facts and not seeing what is happening around.

43. To seduce a woman you need to get drunk quicker than you get her drunk.

44. Women argue that the sexiest thing in a man is his sense of humour but money works better.

45. The value of planning cannot be overemphasised.

46. ​​ Generosity is bad for good people. They miss the chance to make life difficult for bad people.

47. A person is determined by his ethical position, that is, the set of his ideas about good and evil.

48. Nobody likes criticism.

49. “I told you so” is a position of defeated.

50. “We did everything we could” is a synonym to “we do not want to do anything”.

51. “Money is not the key to happiness” was invented for the poor so that they would not hang themselves. Money is happiness.

52. The world already belongs to programmers. Build up your computing power.

53. It’s very simple to become an interesting person: you have to read a lot and talk about what you have read.

54. There are a lot of geniuses in the world but something is wrong with them, since they could not unite against death. Everyone considers themselves smarter than others, although it is obvious that the smartest person is me.

55. The time of high fashion, Hollywood stars and nightclubs is gone. It was a whole world. Something else should come in their place. Perhaps it will be the creation of new states or quasi-states?

56. Decentralised projects will win everything when strong evangelists come.

57. I am inclined to moralising, forecasting and compiling long lists. No one can blame me for that.

58. The wisdom of the past no longer exists. Every year we understand life, people, the Universe and culture better and better.

59. Soon man will cease to be the dominant form of mind on earth. Merging with AI will win.

60. Modesty did not bring anyone any good.

61. Sugar and flour products shorten your life.

62. You will live much longer if you learn about your own unique markers of aging.

63. There are a lot of people like De Niro.

64. Religion kills.

65. Smart women hate the beautiful ones, and beautiful ones envy the smart. Beautiful men are weak. Titans of the spirit are usually ugly, sick or disabled.

66. Mentoring makes sense.

67. Strange people love horses.

68. “Being yourself” is difficult to understand especially since we are built almost entirely by the opinion of people around us.

69. Being a writer is marvellous and intriguing.

70. Melon is the most delicious thing but unfortunately it has a high glycemic index.

71. We are misled by a desire to find a simple solution.

72. Good wishes are an abyss which cannot be crossed by the majority of people. People have an idea of what should happen but do not understand how it should be done.

73. Everyone knows that you should not get stressed, sad and worried. Few people understand how to achieve it.

74. A girl will agree to come to your place the quicker, the more exotic type of leisure you offer. For example, feeding aquarium fishes. Why don’t they want to hear the truth?

75. People do not know how to live, because it is not taught at school. People live erratic lives and then make excuses for themselves. Elderly cry how much has gone wrong.

76. A good event should be planned as many days beforehand as the number of people participating. The rule is true for up to 500 people.

77. Clarifying that there are exceptions is meaningless. This is always implied.

What have you learnt about life? This is undoubtedly my favorite question. You should answer it as well. Let’s make a flash mob with a tag #WhatILearnt it is so intriguing!