• Accept what people tell you at face value.

• Don’t question authority.

• Go to college because you’re supposed to, not because you want to learn something.

• Sit at a desk 40 hours a week for an average of 10 hours of productive work.

• Go overseas once or twice in your life, always to somewhere safe and easy.

• Don’t try to learn another language, everyone else will eventually learn English.

• Get the largest mortgage you qualify for and spend 30 years paying for it. 

• Think about writing a book, but never do it.

• Think about starting a business, but never do it.

• Don’t stand out or draw attention to yourself.

• Jump through hoops, check off boxes. 

You don’t have to live your life the way other people expect you to.

-Chris Guillebeau-