01 The 80/20 guide to being human
Life doesn’t come
with a manual.
Now it does.
A high-level map of the few lessons that matter most at every stage of life. Choose a perspective, then follow the line.
Start the timelineChoose your lens
Whose timeline are you exploring?
The shared principles stay the same. The emphasis changes where biology and common life pressures can make a useful difference.
A lens, not a label. Bodies, identities and lives vary. Ages are guideposts, not deadlines.
The timeline
Nine ages.
The lessons that compound.
Move down the black line. Select any age to open its essential manual page.
At every age
Four truths survive the whole timeline.
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01
Your attention becomes your life.
Protect it before someone else designs your days for you.
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02
Your body keeps the score.
Sleep, movement, food and prevention outperform heroic rescue.
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03
Relationships are an active practice.
Time, truth and repair matter more than effortless compatibility.
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04
Enough is a decision.
Define it for yourself or spend a lifetime chasing somebody else’s version.
The shortest manual