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Post by fawntia »

oceanician wrote: post #15

I think renting stuff makes sense a lot of the time. If you have to over commit yourself so that you can buy, it definitely makes no sense at all. Property is still significantly over valued even though we've been in recession for a couple of years and the future isn't guaranteed to pick up in the next year. However, the thing with renting is the price goes up. Most years. The thing with buying - assuming you're on a…

The decision to rent or buy is very dependent on inflation and future tax laws, which are hard to predict. Nevertheless, this New York Times rent vs. buy calculator is useful:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/business/buy-rent-calcula...

Make sure to adjust the "advanced settings" to fit your circumstances, because they can make a significant difference.

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Post by jollyjerry »

I have the same problem when it comes to buying electronics. I've missed out on having a smart phone because I'm always waiting for the next iteration, or for my current contract to run out. It's an endless cycle of not buying.

What helps me break this cycle is to have specific monthly amount budgeted towards something I would otherwise have a hard time buying. If I put $100/mo towards my "dream X fund", then I won't feel this internal guilt when I finally buy X.

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Post by 8ren »

eru wrote: post #18
8ren wrote: post #7

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it! faux-Goethe http://german.about.com/library/blgermyth12.htm

Interesting read. The real Goethe also had some nice lines. There was also a link to "Shakespeare in German" ( http://german.about.com/od/literature/a/Shakespeare.htm ) on the site you mentioned. Did you know that Germany has the world's oldest Shakespeare Society?

That link suggests "the beginning of the end" is from Shakespeare - do you know which work? I only know it from Churchill, and assumed it was his.

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Post by mazuhl »

maguay wrote: post #8

Great thoughts, and definitely inspiring. Truth is, with everything, start with what you have and grow it. Don't know how to make a website? Get a WordPress.com/Tumblr/Posterous blog, learn little by little, try out some CSS/HTML, then get your own hosting when you can, branch out, and eventually you never know where it might go. It might go good, you might love it and learn a lot, but it could fail ... you'll never…

My boss had a better slogan: JEDI (just effin' do it). We always took it to mean 'do it, don't just talk about it/don't ask permission, just get on with it'. Getting that JEDI mindset is important in lots of workplaces.

Back to the original point: don't wait. There are so many things you might be thinking of doing and saying 'When I get my new team...', 'When I get a free afternoon...', 'When I've fully mastered Rails testing I'll start doing BDD...'

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Post by eru »

8ren wrote: post #24
eru wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting read. The real Goethe also had some nice lines. There was also a link to "Shakespeare in German" ( http://german.about.com/od/literature/a/Shakespeare.htm ) on the site you mentioned. Did you know that Germany has the world's oldest Shakespeare Society?

That link suggests "the beginning of the end" is from Shakespeare - do you know which work? I only know it from Churchill, and assumed it was his.

I am still searching. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cetag/1dshakes.htm confirms "the beginnig of the end" but does not give a source.

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Post by jhancock »

Good analysis. I have noticed this behavior is not as typical for poor Chinese (living in China). The new generations in China (under 30) are experiencing something closer to the U.S. "expectation" mind set. But Chinese from my wife's generation (late 30s) and her parent's (60s/70s) seem to be able to be happier and enjoy the moment a bit better.

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Post by antti »

Sukotto wrote: post #9

It's good to have the goal so long as you work towards achieving it . So (in my family at least) we say "We'll do X when we have Y money and we're saving Z amount off the top of each paycheque towards it"

I've often heard it said is when you want to do X but have no plan on how to get there your dreaming, if you have a plan on how to get X that's a goal. There's nothing wrong with dreaming, but it doesn't happen until you make it a goal.

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Post by [deleted] »

waxman wrote: post #5

I think many (bad) startups suffer from this exact same mindset of "when we have [some external resource] we'll be able to do X." To quote Tony Robbins' TED Talk: "it's about resourcefulness, not resources." (1) Successful startups just make it happen with what they have. Unsuccessful ones tend to always look externally for solutions. "If we only had more engineers"... "If we only had VC"... "If we only had more user…

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