I Learned This the Hard Way: Write Down Your Rules | Daily Essay

One of the rules I read each morning could have saved me three years: don't force it. In 1846 Peter Panum found the old people of the Faroe Islands stayed healthy through a measles outbreak, because their bodies kept a record of the last one. Your rules for living work the same way, but only when you remember them. Featuring: Peter Panum, George Santayana Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. https://trends.vc/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=sponsor HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. https://headsup.bot Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. https://makemulti.com Chapters: (00:00) Santayana on repeating the past (00:06) Don't force it, the three-year rule (00:25) Peter Panum and the Faroe Islands measles outbreak (00:46) Rules for living as records (00:56) Focus on what you control (01:09) Collect your rules and reread them Where to find Dru: Essays: https://druriley.com/ X: https://x.com/DruRly YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dru-notes Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/drus-notes/id1888795427 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lFHqgKxuvEHmdiEUfYShG Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.