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Re: Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?

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Post by carapace » Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 5:18 PM UTC

renox wrote: post #534

carapace wrote: post #151

Self-hypnosis. You can learn the basics in less than an hour and it can be an amplifier for most other things.

Any good pointer on this?

In re: hypnosis in general the books I recommend are: "TRANCE-formations" by Bandler and Grinder, and "Monsters and Magical Sticks: There's No Such Thing as Hypnosis?" by Heller. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956297.Trance_Formations https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/447454.Monsters_and_Magi...

As for self-hypnosis, you can learn it from a book or a website, but you might also want to check out the people locally who are into hypnosis and self-improvement.

Personally, I get really good results from a very simple induction. It has a lot of names, "Betty Erickson’s Induction", "See, Hear, Feel Induction", "5-4-3-2-1 Induction", and so on. It's easy to remember and reliable. This is a good write-up of the process: https://www.practicalhappiness.co.uk/media/download_gallery/...

That should be enough to get you started.

FWIW, although I'm not a hypnotist I know a lot about it, AMA.

Re: Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?

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Post by sigstoat » Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 5:20 PM UTC

auiya wrote: post #594

jumbopapa wrote: post #502

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of my favorite Charlie Munger speeches seems relevant [1]. > I have a friend who carried a big stack of linen cards about this thick, and when somebody would make a comment that reflected self-pity, he would take out one of the cards, take the top one off the stack and hand it to the person, and the card said, “Your story has touched my heart. Never have I heard of anyone with as many misfortunes as you. Sure, yo…

That's quite a concerted way of displaying his complete lack of empathy. Imagine if he put the same effort into bettering humanity rather than chasing wealth and snubbing nose.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Munger#Wealth_and_phil...

Re: Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?

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Post by dang » Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 5:20 PM UTC

learnstats2 wrote: post #410

On the contrary, it has taken me years to unlearn compound interest. When you start with relatively little, compound interest is relatively very unhelpful - it compounds wealth and benefits people who have started with something more than you. Twice as good at nothing is still nothing.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21582782.

Re: Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?

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Post by mcgwiz » Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 5:20 PM UTC

Learn the basic techniques and the rationale behind non-violent communication. It is a tool that can make the most difficult, risky discussions in your personal life a lot more constructive and beneficial.

Re: Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?

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Post by shpx » Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 5:20 PM UTC

lsiebert wrote: post #7

How to do various knots comes to mind. Square knot, A sheet bend, clove and trucker's hitch, prusik, the alpine butterfly knot, and bowlines can all be learned rather quickly, then practiced so they can be remembered easily. http://paracord550milspec.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/How...

The Ian Knott for tying your shoelaces a little faster

Re: Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?

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Post by mcgwiz » Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 5:23 PM UTC

DoofusOfDeath wrote: post #188

If you've been married for a while, learn who your spouse is now . (I mean in a good way, by taking an hour to rediscover what his/her hopes and dreams are, what interests they've gained / lost, etc.) He/she is probably a pretty different person than the one you married. It's easy to overlook that.

Corollary is to develop an openness toward their continuing evolution, that no one is static, and to expect and support this.

Re: Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?

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Post by oh_sigh » Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 5:25 PM UTC

jbverschoor wrote: post #434

RobertRoberts wrote: post #176

How to cook for yourself, really, really good food. I no longer crave restaurant food, and all of the really important things I learned about cooking take just the time to read it, hear about it and then try it. All without any special hardware. A few examples: 1. Cooking jasmine rice: rinse it first, 1 c. water to 1 c. rice ratio. Bring to boil, turn down heat to lowest setting. Leave lid /the entire time/. Fluff th…

3. Don't store eggs in the fridge, and don't frikking wash them!

Maybe the right advice is to just store eggs how you found them in the store. If they were refrigerated, then keep them in your refrigerator - if they were not, then keep them out on the counter.

Re: Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?

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Post by the_watcher » Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 5:26 PM UTC

unlinked_dll wrote: post #28

How to properly wrap cables. A/V and cable techs are super anal about this and it takes just a few minutes to learn, it will change your life. Cables should never be coiled in the same direction. It creates kinks when unwound and make it extremely likely for knots to form (ever leave your headphones in your pocket?). If a cable isn't being installed permanently it should be "wrapped" using a technique called "over-un…

I have a slightly different method, but the outcome is how I've been wrapping ski ropes my entire life.

Re: Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?

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Post by justinclift » Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 5:27 PM UTC

gwd wrote: post #676

criddell wrote: post #580

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> So much more useful! The only cables I really deal with are network cables and extension cords and I've always just done the wrap-around-your-palm-and-elbow-method. What am I missing out on?

> What am I missing out on? The person who showed me how to do it said, "If you've done it right, you should be able to do this"; and with the coiled microphone cable in one hand, she held one end with her thumb and tossed the rest of the coil outwards. It uncoiled in the air and landed in a straight line, no tangles or knots. Basically, if you do this: 1) The cables are less likely to be damaged, 2) the cables are a…

Went looking for YouTube video's to demonstrate the throwing of said coiled rope.

This came up, though the technique for coiling looks different:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFokJdx12yo

Suspecting (without trying it), that it might work out as the same type of coiling though.

Re: Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?

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Post by lurker458 » Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 5:28 PM UTC

tempestn wrote: post #144

How, and why, to invest in a simple portfolio of index funds. Split between equity and fixed income based on your risk tolerance, and diversify equities globally. This will give you a low-cost, set-and-forget investment portfolio that you can add to over time without ever having to worry about what you should buy or what the market might do. Just add to it regularly over time, and end up with solid retirement savings…

any advice on how to invest in ETFs while in Europe ? Vanguard is not available and local banks charge high management fees.