Summary: The author shares 25 useful ideas to help readers become wiser in 2025. These concepts cover various topics, such as decision-making and understanding societal issues. Each idea is briefly summarized, encouraging readers to explore further for deeper insights.
Often we fail to improve our lives simply because things don’t get bad enough. If your new job is hell, you’ll leave it, but if it’s just unsatisfying, you’ll likely grind it out. Thus, small problems often threaten our quality of life more than big ones. (View Highlight)
The optimal state of mind is neither optimism, which leaves you unprepared for adversity, nor pessimism, which destroys motivation, but optimistic pessimism: by preparing for the worst outcomes, you increase confidence in dealing with any outcome, and thus, you increase hope. (View Highlight)
even though it may not get as much attention, good news is always happening. (View Highlight)
A stupid person is a person who causes losses to others while themselves deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses. (View Highlight)
instead of making as many arguments as you can, make only the best. (View Highlight)
The more we solve our problems, the more we widen the definition of “problem” so that our number of problems remains constant. So don’t expect a life without problems. Progress doesn’t mean reducing your quantity of struggles, but increasing their quality. (View Highlight)
There are things you know you know, things you don’t know you know, things you know you don’t know, and things you don’t know you don’t know. (View Highlight)