When I realized that the entire essence of being here on earth is to help others fulfil their goals, I made up my mind to come up with ways of helping others solve few of their problems. In this regard, I have achieved an encouraging success in 2015. And I am now fired up to continue and make it a life long pursuit. I am totally convinced that if one should dedicate resources to serving others, the returns would exceed costs. I am opened to suggestions, advice and partnership. Thank you all.
http://ayietim.wordpress.com
Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?
41–50 of 75 posts
Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?
#421. Never underestimate people. 2. Never compare persons, it is unfair to everyone and makes the comparer look bad.
Comparison leads to violence. Just my two cents.
Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?
#43Had a son. I learned that the whole "they grow up so fast! blink and they're not even babies anymore" thing is not a cliche at all. Time has flown and it is blowing my mind.
Just had my son four weeks ago. What a crazy ride it has been already. I went from 'this is wonderful' to 'maybe this was a mistake' to 'I don't want him to grow up anymore' all in that short time span. It's amazing. Would love to swap notes :D
Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?
#44I had a custody case for my daughter this year. To many bad things happening in moms side for me to allow my daughter to stay with her. I was $120,000 in debt because of it. I am now only $67,000 in debt.
Hard work and dedication pay off. Don't stop fighting for what's right.
Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?
#45I learned several things the hard way this year: - stay away from people who have shown bad character traits in the past (e.g. cheating, violence, drug abuse...) even if they downplay/justify it and behave reasonably towards you for a long time - Severe health issues can creep up on you even if you have no symptoms and live a reasonably healthy life (no smoking/drinking/weight/obvious environmental issues). I apparen…
How is drug use a character trait? More than half of Americans drink alcohol. Nobody gets addicted to anything on purpose...
Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?
#46In general, the older you get, the more "boxed in" you become by your history.
At this point, it's either I start at the very bottom, competing with people fresh off school who are willing to work for next to nothing, or make some loans and take up a new college degree.
Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?
#47Don't base a startup simply on a great domain name. You need more than that.
Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?
#48It's better to stay quiet than say anything.
Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?
#49It's been a crazy year.
- even smart people will react very differently to same events, mostly because of their context/interest/values.. but most of all, emotions.
- until the money is in the bank. many people will bs you, but you never really know everything until someone actually takes action or commits.
- scalability of an organization depends on its people. the leadership, the hubs(influentials), and the values/culture. the structure comes after.
- never give up. we got accepted to YC on our 2nd try.
Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?
#50Things can go far better by sheer luck than you had hoped they might go by deliberate planning.