BZ Book Review 04: <606 days without a lease> by Chenyu Zheng
Key Takeaways
1. Know who you are and always stay true to yourself. You may get hiccups now and then. But eventually it will work out and you will have no regrets.
2. Find your position in life
Tennis Ball - This represents your passion, what you like to do
Circle - You are always the average of 5 people you spend the most time with
30,000 days - That is the estimation of your life expectancy. Make every decision count and make every day count.
3. Making the experience with Airbnb more meaningful
Schedule meetings or events with hosts - making breakfast together, coffee, hiking, milking goat.., integrate yourself into the owner’s life organically
be spontaneous and dare to try new things with the owner
4. Experience living in the tree house
When I touch a tree, the memory of me living in the forest all come back to me, living in the tree house gives me energy, it is kind of recharge and meditation
Inspiration from daughter: Be a kind person to the world
Inspiration from wife: There is no set path about life, follow your heart
5. Keep a travel diary to keep track of my travel journey, interesting things, learning from the owners or owner interview. thoughts that come to me alone the way. Enjoy sharing my story with the world.
6. Black Rock Desert
To make your dream into a reality, the first step is to figure out what you want; the next step is to simplify my communication and ask for it. If you experienced success once, you will become more and more confident.
Let go the fear of rejection
Confidence is built on the top of success
Know what you want and ask for it
Courage is to make it happen you are scared inside.
To a lot of people, dream stops at dreaming. They forgot Doing is the mean to the end.
When I see a dream job description, a lot of people will be scared off by the requirement or tried but failed. I will print it down and use it as a guideline to improve my skills.
10 rules of FireMan
绝对包容 - Radical Inclusion
无条件给予 - Gifting
去商品化 - Decommodification
自力更生 - Radical Self-reliance
自我表达 - Radical Self-expression
有社区精神 - Communal Effort
承担公民责任 - Civic Responsibility
不留痕迹 - Leaving No Trace
积极参与 - Participation
活在当下 - Immediacy
7. Importance of Breakfast
It is not only what you eat, it is the process of preparation, layout and ingredients you are using that make breakfast to have a sense of ceremony.
Satisfaction of our stomach not only comes from food itself, it is also affected by the decoration, environment, taste and desire.
Bullet proof coffee is inspired by the Chinese Suyoucha 酥油茶
有烟火气的家是两个陌生人相处更好的场景
Something has always been there. They are meaningful only when you start to pay attention to them 很多东西一直在身边，只有当我们专心注意时，才有意义
8. People all have their own way of living
Having conversations with myself means that I will never be alone or feel lack of something. That is where I get my power.
人生的四个阶段-浮躁，淡定，从容，高贵 (with enough experience in life, you should not be surprised by many things that in life)
<1000 Places to see before you die>
我信奉达尔文的适者生存理论，也就明白了他为什么如此用力的去生活
行万里路不如阅人无数 It is more enlightening to meet people than just mindless walk around.
我母亲告诉我，只有你能读懂菜谱，你就懂得烹饪 My mom told me that you can cook if you can read the recipes
若你感到不舒服，意味着你会学到更多；若你感到害怕，那正是机会降临的时刻。if you feel uncomfortable, that means you will learn more from that experience; if you feel scared, that means you will have an opportunity.
工作只是定义人的一个维度，可能是限制了我们看待陌生人的角度。 Don’t just ask what they do. It is just part of their life. Ask more depth questions.
互相欣赏是爱的保鲜剂 - Mutual appreciation
热爱生活的人总是让你感觉每天都是阳光明媚
Everything you need is within you
做中美文化的桥梁，那就要对自己的文化足够了解，有足够的热情
如何体现一件事的重要性？那就是把它变成一种仪式。
相逢的人会再相逢
9. People is what important during this journey
有人用交友网站交友，有人用Linkedin建立社交关系，我用airbnb去寻找没有功利心的友谊
去做别人想做却没有时间或勇气去做的事情
了解一个地方最好的方式就是住在真正热爱这个街区的人的家里. The best way to get to know a community is to live in the home of people who love this community.
10. Be the owner of your own life
A 7-10 day trip, I will pick hosts with 2-3 different background, jobs in order for me to learn about a city more thoroughly
自律才能更自由 - John Gretton Willink
What to pack? it is better to have one luggage that could support you for a month of living and traveling
旅行就像是换一座城市生活，并不是每天打卡网红店，而是既有无意义的消磨，又有不小心的犯错。用平常心去对待每一次旅行，力求完美的欲望也会有所克制。
利用工作间隙说走就走，不是为了潇洒，而是来自对生活的热忱和一点“贪心”
当你开始信任这个世界和周围的环境，就会放下戒备，性格也会更加开朗，认识更多朋友，并且勇于直面工作中的挑战
Dare ask for help, don’t fear rejection
“既可朝九晚五，又能浪迹天涯”的日子里，我每天都在练习取舍和自我调节。
如果做一件事的阻力只是在于金钱，那就努力去赚钱，努力去做。去争取金钱不能成为阻力的生活。
Periodically review what is the initial thought of doing something. When you are derail from your original goal, try to adjust yourself
一个人富有程度和它能舍弃的物品成正比，当购物的权利被限制之后，我将传达的时间留给了记录生活，与房东深度交流，建立友谊。
做减法就意味着消除不必要的事，让必要的事发声
一栋房子十一哦哪位里面住了人而成了家，每有烟火气的房子，再美也只是建筑作品。我发现房子带来的是无力空间的安全感，而持久的安全感来自精神世界，来自空间里的人和物。
11. Tips about using airbnb
Prepare a little gift and thank you letter.
When the host treat you well, try to pay back
Exchange email and contacts with the hosts and in the future find time and opportunity to do things together like hiking, having dinner, and looking after their pets.
