Of all the hard learned lessons, which do you most wish you could’ve learned an easier way?
Ask HN: Of your hard learned lessons, which do you wish could’ve been easier?
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Re: Ask HN: Of your hard learned lessons, which do you wish could’ve been easier?
#2If you know someone isn't really your friend, to move on and get them out of your life ASAP. It's a bit like breaking up, it takes some guts to tell someone you don't want to be their friend anymore. To stop answering the phone etc.
To generalise this, to eliminate bullshit as soon as your instinct tells you it is BS (which is years before you may be willing to admit it!)
Re: Ask HN: Of your hard learned lessons, which do you wish could’ve been easier?
#3If you know someone isn't really your friend, to move on and get them out of your life ASAP. It's a bit like breaking up, it takes some guts to tell someone you don't want to be their friend anymore. To stop answering the phone etc. To generalise this, to eliminate bullshit as soon as your instinct tells you it is BS (which is years before you may be willing to admit it!)
I'm really glad that I don't have a lot of friends. The one's I got are like a very well curated box of chocolates. My friend "chocolate mint" is interesting; super sweet on the outside, but often cold-hearted af! I still love her very much.
When my friends talk about their troubles with their other friends it feels weird. Like "why bother?". It's easier than ever to stop talking to a person. Just stop talking.
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#4- Materialism is overrated. Stuff breaks.
- Read & learn more. No-one can take that from you.
- Health is important. Look after yourself, no-one else will.
- Moderation, moderation, moderation :)
- Do not worry about what people you don't know think
- Worry about what people you care about think
Re: Ask HN: Of your hard learned lessons, which do you wish could’ve been easier?
#5- Materialism is overrated. Stuff breaks. - Read & learn more. No-one can take that from you. - Health is important. Look after yourself, no-one else will. - Moderation, moderation, moderation :) - Do not worry about what people you don't know think - Worry about what people you care about think
- if you are powerful, even enemies will respect you. If you go powerless, your own family will not be with you. - Purandara Daasa
Life is Boxing Arena, not a Dance-Party - Marcus Aurelius
Man must never be attached to anything that can be lost in a ship-wreck. - Upanishads
We are stronger than what we think we are - Swaminomics
Never make small plans. - Atanu Dey
If Government is made in-charge of Sahara Desert, within 5 years, there will be shortage of sand - Milton Friedman
It is better to rust out than rest-out.
Specialisation is for Insects. Man must be able to do many things - Bob Heinlen
Re: Ask HN: Of your hard learned lessons, which do you wish could’ve been easier?
#6- Materialism is overrated. Stuff breaks. - Read & learn more. No-one can take that from you. - Health is important. Look after yourself, no-one else will. - Moderation, moderation, moderation :) - Do not worry about what people you don't know think - Worry about what people you care about think
Materialism is overrated. Stuff breaks.
So true, Thank you.
Re: Ask HN: Of your hard learned lessons, which do you wish could’ve been easier?
#7It is not Enough to be right, you must bring people with you.
Re: Ask HN: Of your hard learned lessons, which do you wish could’ve been easier?
#8At 40+:
0. Focus less on work and more on living a good life. Focusing on work too much is a surefire path to burnout and hating yourself. Therefore, define “success” mostly in terms of what you do outside of work.
1. Take care of your health, above all else. I wish I could meet my 20 year old self and convince him to seriously take up cardio and weightlifting while natural HGH still makes things easy.
2. It’s ok to not have kids.
3. It’s ok to not buy shit you don’t need.
Re: Ask HN: Of your hard learned lessons, which do you wish could’ve been easier?
#9- Materialism is overrated. Stuff breaks. - Read & learn more. No-one can take that from you. - Health is important. Look after yourself, no-one else will. - Moderation, moderation, moderation :) - Do not worry about what people you don't know think - Worry about what people you care about think
- if you are powerful, even enemies will respect you. If you go powerless, your own family will not be with you. - Purandara Daasa Life is Boxing Arena, not a Dance-Party - Marcus Aurelius Man must never be attached to anything that can be lost in a ship-wreck. - Upanishads We are stronger than what we think we are - Swaminomics Never make small plans. - Atanu Dey If Government is made in-charge of Sahara Desert, wit…
Imagine you had to harvest your own food, build your own shelter and manufacture your own clothes... you would not have time to be in Hacker News.
Then, if everyone had to do it, the technology to make computers and HN possible would not exist.
Our society is what it is because of specialized roles.
Then, whenever everyone competes against each other, a group of people takes advantage and ends up prevailing against them all.
Finally, planning is not everything. "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" - Mike Tyson
Re: Ask HN: Of your hard learned lessons, which do you wish could’ve been easier?
#10- Materialism is overrated. Stuff breaks. - Read & learn more. No-one can take that from you. - Health is important. Look after yourself, no-one else will. - Moderation, moderation, moderation :) - Do not worry about what people you don't know think - Worry about what people you care about think
>Materialism is overrated. Stuff breaks.
I get very attached to computers and monitors.