MR as your north star

M stands for Mission.

R stands for Relationship.

These are two most important things in life. 

Mission is your life purpose. That is related to your goals, to your career and to the choices that you need to make along the way.

Relation is your connection, interaction with people. Make not only your life experience but also the people that you care about better. 

If you want to optimize for your life, optimize for these two. 

You might not be able to be famous or rich as Elon Musk, but your happiness likely will not be less. 

ATE principle to become excellent

Absorb, Think and Explore, which is similar to Digest, Think and Try.

That is the key to success. 

# Absorb

No matter where you are and what you do, keep absorbing valuable information by reading high quality books/blog posts/papers and watch high quality videos or listen to audiobooks/podcasts. 

The first way is to be able to feed your brain with high quality information to inspire and simulate. Without this step, it is very hard for you to do great stuff. 

#Think

After absorbing, you have to think hard, constantly and deeply into the subjects or questions in your mind. Try to understand what the essence of things are and why that is the case. This can help you build your knowledge system and thinking muscles. 

# Explore

Explore means set a reasonable goal, try and practice. No matter what you want to explore, innovating and being creative is a huge advantage. 

Be brave to try, fail and learn. The final success and luck will come as long as you persist and keep learning from what you have tried.