# overcome (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover overcome. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why the first year of retirement is weirder than anyone tells you](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/why-the-first-year-of-retirement) _2026-08-16 · Epic Retirement UK_ And in The Times: 'Here’s how to work out how much you really need for retirement' ## [Retire from the job not from being challenged](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/retire-from-the-job-not-from-being) _2026-08-09 · Epic Retirement UK_ And in The Times this week: 'Here’s how to work out how much you really need for retirement' ## [Where should your next £300 go? Mortgage, pension or ISA?](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/where-should-your-next-300-go-mortgage) _2026-08-02 · Epic Retirement UK_ An extra £300 a month could make a meaningful difference to your retirement. But the best place for it depends less on investment returns and more on the choices you want to create for your future. ## [Your brain needs a retirement plan too](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/your-brain-needs-a-retirement-plan) _2026-07-26 · Epic Retirement UK_ And in The Times 'How to overcome the fear that ruins retirements' ## [The mid year financial checkin for those approaching retirement](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/the-mid-year-financial-checkin-for) _2026-07-19 · Epic Retirement UK_ And in The Times last week 'How to overcome the fear that ruins retirements' ## [Who are you when the job title is gone?](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/who-are-you-when-the-job-title-is) _2026-07-12 · Epic Retirement UK_ And in The Times this week 'How to overcome the fear that ruins retirements' ## [The thing most people don't realise they're buying when they pay for financial advice](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/the-thing-most-people-dont-realise) _2026-06-28 · Epic Retirement UK_ And, in The Times: '‘We had to sell our home’ — the reality of retirement without savings' ## [The retirement tool the industry doesn’t want you using (but you already are)](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/the-retirement-tool-the-industry) _2026-06-21 · Epic Retirement UK_ And, in The Times: '‘We had to sell our home’ — the reality of retirement without savings' ## [Are you ready to retire? Depends which kind of ready you mean](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/are-you-ready-to-retire-depends-which) _2026-06-14 · Epic Retirement UK_ And, in The Times: 'Your pension is primed to let you down at the worst possible time' ## [New data out: What does a comfortable retirement cost now?](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/new-data-out-what-does-a-comfortable) _2026-06-07 · Epic Retirement UK_ And, in The Times: 'Your pension is primed to let you down at the worst possible time' ## [Follow Releases, Get Reminders (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8tLHwVdSG0DH) _2026-06-07 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a genre or a name and receive reminders on release day — free. ## [The Self-Doubt Hurdle](https://theschooldoc.substack.com/p/the-self-doubt-hurdle) _2026-03-05 · The School Doc · Jumping Hurdles_ The Secret to Beating Your Negative Self-Talk ## [The Failure Hurdle](https://theschooldoc.substack.com/p/the-failure-hurdle) _2026-03-05 · The School Doc · Jumping Hurdles_ Why Some People Succeed, While Others Fail ## [Is Life More Stressful in the 21st Century?](https://theschooldoc.substack.com/p/is-life-more-stressful-in-the-21st) _2026-02-25 · The School Doc · Jumping Hurdles_ How People Can Overcome the Hurdle of Stress ## [The Paradox of Choice](https://ctsai.me/booknotes/2026/the-paradox-of-choice/) _2026-01-30 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Why More is Less / Barry Schwartz ## [Now](https://ctsai.me/now/) _2026-01-11 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ The idea of a Now page is to tell you about what I am doing now. Last update: 2026-02-27 Seattle, WA Self-Compassion Learning self-compassion and shame through this video. I feel I’ve cried more in 2026 than in all years of my life before this. Graduated! Finished my master’s degree and soon will start to work. Going back home to take a break. 1.5 years is not long but also not short,… ## [Overcome nervousness revisited](https://ctsai.me/blog/20251105/) _2025-11-05 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ I have to face it ## [Raft: Leader Election](https://ctsai.me/portfolio/6.5840-lab-3a/) _2025-10-27 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Feb. 2024 ## [When breath becomes air](https://ctsai.me/booknotes/2025/when-breath-becomes-air/) _2025-10-23 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Paui Kalanithi ## [Distributed MapReduce](https://ctsai.me/portfolio/6.5840-lab-1/) _2025-10-14 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Feb. 2024 ## [Fast Fourier Transform on CPU and GPU](https://ctsai.me/portfolio/fft/) _2025-10-06 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Feb. 2025 - Jun. 2025 ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/n0vbuKl73lZz) _2025-10-05 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance](https://ctsai.me/booknotes/2025/zen-and-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance/) _2025-08-29 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ An Inquiry into Values / Robert M. Pirsig ## [Farewell letter](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250825/) _2025-08-25 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ What did I learn during my summer internship? ## [You Can Negotiate Everything](https://ctsai.me/booknotes/2025/you-can-negotiate-everything/) _2025-08-02 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ How to get anything you want / Herb Cohen ## [If it's the right thing, then go for it](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250720/) _2025-07-20 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ What do you mean “right”? ## [The Mom Test](https://ctsai.me/booknotes/2025/the-mom-test/) _2025-07-12 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ How to talk to customers and learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you / Rob Fitzpatrick ## [Reflection #7](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250610/) _2025-06-10 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Seattle: 0y1m ## [Nexus](https://ctsai.me/booknotes/2025/nexus/) _2025-06-06 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI / Yuval Noah Harari ## [The art of asking questions](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250522/) _2025-05-22 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Simple to learn, hard to do ## [The Story of Philosophy](https://ctsai.me/booknotes/2025/the-story-of-philosophy/) _2025-05-17 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Will Durant ## [What I learned from renting?](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250512/) _2025-05-12 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ It’s a long story ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JBFX66Wg5RYP) _2025-05-11 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Is the amount of worry we have always the same?](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250503/) _2025-05-03 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ If yes, so what? ## [Reflection #6](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250422/) _2025-04-22 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Talks, New Look, and Anxiety ## [What to do when you feel stuck](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250406/) _2025-04-06 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Go to gym (mentally) ## [What is a good opportunity?](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250327/) _2025-03-27 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Why I went to Sweden? ## [Reflection #5](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250316/) _2025-03-16 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Spring break! ## [How to overcome fear of success](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250302/) _2025-03-02 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Just do it? ## [Reflection #4](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250222/) _2025-02-22 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Schopenhauer, Mandarin, and thinking ## [About](https://ctsai.me/about/) _2025-02-11 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Timeline 2001: born in Taipei, Taiwan 2019: moved to Hsinchu, Taiwan to study Computer Science at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University 2020: started writing on Medium 2022: interned at NVIDIA Taiwan, worked on GPU boot firmware testing 2023: studied abroad in Gothenburg, Sweden, as an exchange program at Chalmers tekniska högskola , traveled to over 10 European countries ( Why? ) 2024: started… ## [Reflection #3](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250207/) _2025-02-07 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ It had been three weeks into the semester. ## [Why Nations Fail](https://ctsai.me/booknotes/2025/why-nations-fail/) _2025-01-24 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ The origins of power, prosperity, and poverty / Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson ## [Reflection #2](https://ctsai.me/blog/20250116/) _2025-01-16 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Wraping up of my second semester’s life and traveling to New York during fall break. ## [How to overcome nervousness](https://ctsai.me/blog/20241117/) _2024-11-17 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Does this count as lying to yourself? ## [The Psychology of Money](https://ctsai.me/booknotes/2024/the-psychology-of-money/) _2024-11-04 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness / Morgan Housel ## [Reflection #1](https://ctsai.me/blog/20241002/) _2024-10-20 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ Wraping up of my first half semester staying in the U.S. ## [Hell Yeah or No](https://ctsai.me/blog/20240911/) _2024-09-11 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ What does it mean? ## [How Emotions are Made](https://ctsai.me/booknotes/2024/how-emotions-are-made/) _2024-08-25 · Home on Chia-Lun (Charles) Tsai_ The Secret Life of the Brain / Lisa Feldman Barrett