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Ask HN: What is the best advice you got on any aspect of life?
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#142Constantly get yourself in new fields, practice your curiosity.
Whenever you can, learn a new tech, a new music instrument, practice a new sport, get into new disciplines ... Soon you'll end up with a brother knowledge of things, and meet people you'd never ever thought to dream of.
The thing is, in most fields, you don't need to get very experienced to develop valuable knowledge or skills. But the combined value of knowing these various things will get exponentially more valuable, socially and professionally.
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#143question everything.
do not take internet and media at face value. many lies. half truths or zero truths.
in country where living now, me former political preference. always viewed its politicians favorably. saw problem to be “other” side.
sometime later realized the media i listen to not much different than “other” side. me favored politicians not much better than other side. they all crooks.
intention not to tune out and ignore responsibility to vote in democracy but stop political divide.
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#144Work and career progression: “always take the interview”. I reported direct to the CEO at a startup and I told him our largest customer had headhunted me, and I assumed I wasn’t special and they’re probably targeting many of us. He asked me what the process was like and what the offer was, and when I told him I didn’t take the initial call hand he shook his head. “You always take the interview. Absolute worst case is…
I would be very interested in learning what that startup was called.
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#145Do not make your job (career) the main purpose of your life.
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#146Do not make your job (career) your main purpose of life. Also, try not to be an a-hole.
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#147yolo
Not true. How I learned, at site in my profile. Really.
(thoughtful comments appreciated w/ any downvotes.)
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#148You can't always decide what's going to happen to you, but you can always decide how you will react to what happens to you.
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#149One Day At A Time
And for me, one thing at a time. (very helpful)
Still, planning is often worthwhile.