19 July 2026 2 min read
fame

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” — William Shakespeare

“You want to be rich and anonymous, not poor and famous.” — Naval Ravikant

“It’s better that it’s earned fame. The fame you get by serving others is an earned fame which give you respect.” — Naval Ravikant

“Popular is even weirder. Turns out, it’s not the same thing as having friends at all.” — Meg Medina, Merci Suárez Changes Gears


is a “social debt.”


Don’t volunteer information. Don’t tell people more than they need to know. Respect your privacy. 1


You must learn to enjoy life without needing an audience to see that you are enjoying life.

Travel and tell no one. Live a true love story and tell no one. Live happily and tell no one.

People ruin beautiful things.


People can’t ruin what they don’t know. Privacy is power. Don’t overshare.


Keep quiet about your… (不要張揚這些事)

  • Income
  • Big Plan
  • Love Life
  • Next Move
  • Family Issues

Never try to be famous — it’s a trap.


Less eyes on you = more freedom


高處不勝寒


家有黃金,外有戥(ㄉㄥˇ)秤

「戥秤」是用來稱量金、銀或貴重藥材等微小單位的精密小秤。這句話比喻「群眾的眼睛是雪亮的」或「紙包不住火」,鄰里對你家的經濟狀況、財產或收入往往心中有數,常用來勸人腳踏實地、坦蕩做人,不要虛張聲勢或刻意裝窮。


  • Becoming famous is amazing.
  • Being famous is a mixed bag 2.
  • Losing fame is miserable.

Manage the gap between expectations and reality

Footnotes

  1. The richest people in the world have full-time security teams whose sole job is to monitor, protect, and scrub that personal information from public records and data brokers.

  2. 形容某種人事物或經歷中,同時包含了好與壞、優與劣,或不同種類的元素。

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