How to live an asymmetric life

If you're ambitious, you've heard a thousand tips on how to live a happier, better life, forget all of them. I grew up in a blue collar family, and today I know lots of different billionaires. I've met thousands of successful founders, and I've hired hundreds of people. And across all of those lives, I've spotted patterns in the people who are most happy. But instead of giving you another list on how to live well I'm going to invert it.

Here are five guaranteed ways to live a miserable life. Do the opposite, you might actually live a good one. I feel like I can rule the world, I know I can be what I want to I put my all in it like a day song. Step number one Don't have a best friend. If you want to be miserable, tons and tons of acquaintances will do just fine.

One of my favorite philosophers to read about is Aristotle, and he broke friendships into three different types. The first is utility, and these are friends where you get something out of them. For example, money, favors, connections. Basically, once the usefulness ends, so does the friendship. This is sort of like coworkers. The second is pleasure, and these are friends that exist just for fun. You get together, you party, you have a good time, and then once that ends, You're done. It's basically like when you were three years old and you play with another friend. Once the play date is over, the friendship is over. And finally. Virtue. These are the rarest and most valuable.

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