Tell me, what is it you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?
- Mary Oliver, The Summer Day [1]
1. to be earnest and be around earnest people
there is smart and there is ambitious, but then there is earnest.
2. to pay things forward.
in most areas of our lives, we are idiots. nothing will ever change that. we have an obligation to sustain an urgency to pay this idiocy forward with humility and energy.
3. to be nice.
don't screw with people. say thanks more than once. aspire to be harmless.
4. to be clear.
we either understand or do not understand; just say so. then we should follow up with what we think. facts are important, but there is also potential energy in what jibes our intuition.
C'est Tout
Andy Tran | 2026