The harder I work, the luckier I get
A few notes from the podcast interview between Tim Ferriss and Ray Dalio. It s good, so recommend a listen: Happiness money != happinessFeeling of community == happiness do I feel connections with other people? meaningful work Successful Life 1, Audacious goals big dreams2, Problems and reality deal with realistically, learn from mistakes3, Determination get Continue reading "Ray Dalio interview…
After seeing this article on the BBC about procrastination, and reading the comments on Hacker News about it I found this lecure by Tim Pychyl. Fancinating stuff here are the notes I took Procrastination Definition not doing something doing some other task (eg tidy office) rather than the task we should be doing Continue reading "Procrastination"
Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this Continue reading "Happiness fuels success, not the other way around."
A simple way to ensure you are focused on what matters: Imagine everything gets wiped. You inherit no tasks or responsibilities from your past or present. Then, add back only what you miss. Choose what to add to a blank slate, not what to keep from a full plate James Clear
Sales Tips Every Founder Should Know Steli Efti Startup Sales Handbook steli@close.com subject : indiehackers book developers think sales people are sleazy persistent annoying people sales result driven communication it s cool to say we don t have a sales team everyone has them, just called something else customer success engineers etc sales for 1st Continue reading "Steli Efti notes from…
Marketing is the generous act of helping someone solve a problem. Their problem. It is easier to make products and services for the customers you seek to serve than it is to find customers for your products and services. Penguin Magic it s not the Amazon of magic tricks (because being the Amazon of everything Continue reading "Book Notes : This is Marketing Seth Godin"
Sam Altman, an entrepreneur and chairman of Y Combinator, on making the most of your one life: “Life is not a dress rehearsal—this is probably it. Make it count. Time is extremely limited and goes by fast. Do what makes you happy and fulfilled—few people get remembered hundreds of years after they die anyway. Don’t Continue reading "The Days are Long but the Decades are Short"
I was listening to an old episode of The Tim Ferriss Show. Various past interview guests of Tim s talked about when to quit . One quote that really caught me was by Chase Jarvis: the failure of the opportunities that we have as humans to pursue the things that we love with joy. I m always back Continue reading "Pursue the things that we love with joy"
My super clever girlfriend who has over 18 years experience of teaching reception class children in the UK has been putting together a series of fun learning activities that help with learning phonics. The activities have certainly helped keep our children entertained over the cold and wet winter weekends. Take a wander over to The Continue reading "Fun learning activities at home"
Why do we find it so hard to be kind to ourselves? Especially us who are in charge of our own time. I am out of shape, probably stressed, and over working. I am in charge of my own time. I could decide to take 2 hours of in the morning. Or shift my day Continue reading "On being kind to ourselves"