Wisdom is mostly regret that got recycled into something useful. Borrow other people’s so you need less of your own.

Most advice is somebody’s old mistake, cooled down and put into words. That is why it often sounds boring: the pain has been sanded off it and only the conclusion is left. The strange part is that you can take the conclusion without paying the full price. Not for everything, but for far more than people usually bother to.

Ask someone about ten years ahead of you what they would do differently at your age, then sit with the answer instead of arguing with it. One honest conversation this week can save you a year of finding out the slow way.