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Ask HN: What is your “I wish I did it sooner” moment?
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Re: Ask HN: What is your “I wish I did it sooner” moment?
#2Wish I bought bitcoin when it was $12.
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#3For our company (http://fairpixels.pro) it was productisation. We used to operate like any other UI design agency, prospecting, talking to potential clients, going to networking events etc. But by productising our service, building a sales funnel and treating the entire flow as that of a SaaS. It enabled us to:
* Lower prices (Since we didn't have to spend time networking, prospecting etc.)
* Create predictable sales funnels
* Spend more time working on the stuff we love, instead of wasting time with prospects that weren't interested in the first place.
Re: Ask HN: What is your “I wish I did it sooner” moment?
#4I think I've said this before but its 3 things that all end up having the same effect.
1) Meditation to get my mind in check
2) Fitness/Diet, making sure I'm at an appropriate weight and fitness level
3) Sleep, shouldn't require any explanation.
Having these 3 things in check is the equivalent of 10+ IQ points. The last two items shouldn't require any explanation but Meditation is one that people often have issues seeing the value of.
For me meditation does 2 things,
1) it allows you to master the art of "staying in the zone". Lots of meditation is just accepting that you mind has many thoughts at once, acknowledging them and continuing on with what you are doing.
Once you can master the art of acknowledging your thoughts but not letting them disturb you, it lets you maintain a flow state in the real world.
I can now get interrupted and almost without fail immediately get back into a productive work state.
2) I've noticed that as I get older that most of what makes a person look smart in a conversation is that they've already had the same conversation and thought through their opinions.
When mediating on an idea, its very similar to having these conversations about ideas. You get to flesh out your ideas by having this conversation with yourself. It's an invaluable took to have.
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#5Wish I bought bitcoin when it was $12.
Everyone I know who bought it at $10 sold it when it was $20, thinking they had the steal of the century.
Re: Ask HN: What is your “I wish I did it sooner” moment?
#6I think I've said this before but its 3 things that all end up having the same effect. 1) Meditation to get my mind in check 2) Fitness/Diet, making sure I'm at an appropriate weight and fitness level 3) Sleep, shouldn't require any explanation. Having these 3 things in check is the equivalent of 10+ IQ points. The last two items shouldn't require any explanation but Meditation is one that people often have issues se…
Do you have any advice on how to build the meditation habit? I tried reading and following Search Inside Yourself, but it didn't stick.
Re: Ask HN: What is your “I wish I did it sooner” moment?
#7I think I've said this before but its 3 things that all end up having the same effect. 1) Meditation to get my mind in check 2) Fitness/Diet, making sure I'm at an appropriate weight and fitness level 3) Sleep, shouldn't require any explanation. Having these 3 things in check is the equivalent of 10+ IQ points. The last two items shouldn't require any explanation but Meditation is one that people often have issues se…
Do you have any advice on how to build the meditation habit? I tried reading and following Search Inside Yourself, but it didn't stick.
There are apps that will count your streak. Some paid, some free. I've seen that help lots of people get consistent with it.
My own is to pick an easy time and duration to meditate for, such as every night before you get into bed for 5 minutes. I think for folks on the lazier side (like me) the habit for something like meditation should start with as much convenience as possible. That's how I started flossing every night (and started having good visits to the dentist for once).
Re: Ask HN: What is your “I wish I did it sooner” moment?
#8Wish I bought bitcoin when it was $12.
Why don't you buy now? If may be worth $10,000 in the future. Though, it may also be worthless, too.
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#9Fucking bitcoin. I should have invested when I first learned about it, it was $4 per btc
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#10I think I've said this before but its 3 things that all end up having the same effect. 1) Meditation to get my mind in check 2) Fitness/Diet, making sure I'm at an appropriate weight and fitness level 3) Sleep, shouldn't require any explanation. Having these 3 things in check is the equivalent of 10+ IQ points. The last two items shouldn't require any explanation but Meditation is one that people often have issues se…
Do you have any advice on how to build the meditation habit? I tried reading and following Search Inside Yourself, but it didn't stick.
Nothing that I'm sure would "Just work" for everyone. For me a few things I do when I'm trying to build a habit, this is general to building habits and not specific to meditation.
1) Like going to the gym you need to do it on a schedule. Even if you don't feel like going to the gym just go for 5 minutes, if you don't feel it then leave.
Meditation is the same. Just do it for 5 minutes, if you aren't feeling it then stop.
2) do it every day, even if its not the same time each day, even if you get interrupted, even if you aren't feeling it, just do it. 5 minutes each day is better than not trying because you believe you are too busy. I do it first thing in the morning and last thing at night.
3) Track it to make sure you are making progress. Something about what gets measured gets done. Truer words have never been spoken.
4) Give it time, again using the gym analogy, expect it to be a good month before you start to see results. I mean you might see results earlier, but doing it for a week and getting frustrated that you aren't seeing any results is, well, silly. But I think alot of people actually make this very mistake.
You wouldn't expect to run 3 times and then run a marathon on your next outing. Meditation follows the "before you are good, you'll be very bad at it" law that most things follow.