The most important thing you can do every day is add value.

There’s a spectrum of activities you can perform every day. Some of them are value-neutral – you just do something, and in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t matter. And some of them are value-positive, they actually add value to the world. These are the things you should do. And of course, some of them are value-negative, they subtract value from the world. These are the things you should avoid.

Adding value can be direct – you can create something useful, or fix something which is broken, or find a solution to a problem. It can also be indirect – you can inspire someone else to do something which creates value…

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