Tony Ray-Jones was a British documentary photographer, who died in 1972 at the age of 31 from leukemia

He recorded the following advice to himself on shooting street:

Be more aggressive
Get more involved (talk to people)
Stay with the subject matter (be patient)
Take simpler pictures
See if everything in background relates to subject matter
Vary compositions and angles more
Be more aware of composition
Don’t take boring pictures
Get in closer (use 50mm lens [or possibly ‘less,’ the writing is unclear])
Watch camera shake (shoot 250 sec or above)
Don’t shoot too much
Not all eye level
No middle distance

So much advice has been recorded and published, particularly on street photography. Heck, there is even a list of 52 street photography instructions taken from the book Street Photography Now. Each instruction is given by a notable contemporary street photographer and, presumably, reflects their own style and credo. Try learning and following all 52. What would your body of work look like?

I wonder if a considerably more concise – both in length and level of detail – list from someone who died at 31 almost 50 years ago is worth internalizing.