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Re: Ask HN: What keeps you going?

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Post by kp10 »

I failed.

After 20 attempts, I was still a failure

I was about to give up

But one thing changed everything

I was watching a documentary on lions, and I came to know something interesting.

Lions fail 8 times out of 10

They fail a lot and one mistake may make them lose their life and reign.

But do they give up? Do they cry and complain?

No!!

They Fail - Learn - Evolve

And that's why they are called King of Animals

It was an important learning for me.

I will fail, but I must learn and evolve from them and never give up on my dreams. And thats keeps me going

As someone has rightly said, “If size really mattered, the elephant would be king of the jungle.”

Re: Ask HN: What keeps you going?

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Post by throw_this_one »

knrz wrote: post #69
throw_this_one wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice! I'm 26 and thinking about doing the same thing soon. So you just took off for a year or did more things? I agree about the vividness. Once you get in flow, doing things you generally enjoy, and you have a few days/weeks of solid sleep and enjoyment, everything just makes sense. The path is clear.

What’s this path you’re talking about? Is it fasting as a means of rebooting your system?

I meant that when you get in a flow and do things you enjoy (generally on a long vacation from work), you start to realize who you really are and what you thrive on. So then, after some introspection, the path forward is a lot clearer compared to your day to day drudgery mindset. Fasting is separate, but connected. Can be a tool to help nudge this process on. IMHO.

Re: Ask HN: What keeps you going?

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Post by atak1 »

Answers here revolving around life are reasonable, but a bit deflating.

How about getting a bit of historical context? If you're a geometer in the era of Euclid, and you're grinding, it's not going to feel motivating. But...you're a geometer in the era of Euclid. Same thing goes for the CS revolution now.

Don't take it from me though - take it from Mehran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWRGPxSNnag

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