Here are a few things that I’ve been told “must” be done to be happy & successful.

• Sleep 8 hours per day
• Don’t sleep more than 6 hours
• Avoid meat
• Center your diet around red meat
• Lift heavy weights
• Avoid exerting too much effort
• Specialize in one thing
• Be well-rounded
• Neatly separate work and personal life
• Work whenever you need to
• Keep faith at the center of your life
• Realize that there is no greater power
• Have kids
• Don’t have kids
• Wait to get married
• Get married when it feels right
• Get an advanced degreed
• Don’t waste money on advanced degrees

I’m sure that all of these work for the people who shared them. But obviously they can’t all be true.

Take any piece of advice you hear, and I can almost guarantee that there’s someone who has been happy and successful doing the exact opposite.

There are no universal answers.

-Brandon