Excellent Advice For Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

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If you already have kids or are looking to start a family soon, here are some lessons Kelly learned while bringing up his own. When Kevin Kelly turned 68, he sat down to curate a collection of pithy life advice he wished he'd encountered earlier. Shorten your to-do list by asking yourself ‘What is the worst that will happen if this does not get done? Kevin Kelly’s new book, Excellent Advice for Living, is a must-read for anyone seeking guidance on how to live a fulfilling life.

Kelly’s timeless advice covers an astonishing range, from right living to setting ambitious goals, optimizing generosity, and cultivating compassion. When you do speak, make sure that what you say checks three criteria: it’s true, necessary, and kind. Rule of 3 in conversation: To get to the real reason, ask a person to go deeper than what they just said. He is the founder of the legendary WIRED magazine, worked with Stewart Brand on Whole earth catalog and so on.Finally, while generosity is a great virtue to pour into your relations with others, stinginess is best when accepting engagements and making promises. The best way to advise young people is to find out what they really want to do and then advise them to do it. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Also, I read in a few days, but a book like this works better as a page a day (or few pages a day) book to let the advice sink in.I rarely take advice though so, even if I had this as a young adult, I’d probably still make the same mistakes. To his surprise, Kelly had more to say than he thought, and kept adding to the advice over the years, compiling a life's wisdom into these pages. Kevin has distilled complex and important ideas into simple, actionable advice: a compelling antidote to thinkism.

The book serves as a treasure trove of bite-sized wisdom offering readers an engaging and easily digestible guide to navigating life’s ups and downs. But rather than dictate how to apply the wisdom presented, Kelly invites you to expand on each bit to fit your life and experience. If this labor makes your own life more livable in any way, please consider aiding its sustenance with a one-time or loyal donation. Often, that wisdom comes so simply worded as to appear trite — but it is the simplicity of a children’s book, or of a Zen parable: unvarnished elemental truth about what it means to be alive, hard-won and generously offered.I'm an ex-marketing executive turned self-education entrepreneur after an existential crisis in 2015. Appreciate and benefit from this gathered knowledge and reap the rewards of greater success and self-worth and overall easier living. Kelly encourages us all to stay curious and embrace new experiences, which is a refreshing reminder in a world that often prioritizes routine and comfort over growth.