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Re: List your accomplishments

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Post by 50CNT »

dantillberg wrote: post #5

I was right with the author on this until they referenced Donald Trump as some sort of role model. Ugh. The final paragraph of TFA is quite relevant advice for Trump: Don't Brag. And advice for everyone else: Don't Be Like Trump. That said, I think self-reflection is fantastic. Maybe you feel like you're always running in place? Write down what you've been doing for the past few weeks/months/years, figure out what yo…

That kind of self-reflection is something I'm struggling with right now.

I'll start doing things, forget I accomplished them, realize I'm halfway into the month and then panic profusely when I don't remember what exactly I've done.

For example, starting this January I have been working on my front-end and design skills, since I feel weak in that area. I looked for relevant books, got through several ("Design of everyday things", "About Face", "HTML&CSS" by Jon Duckett, and finishing up "CSS Secrets" by Lea Verou), created some very neat things in pure CSS, and I'm getting better at it by the day.

Objectively speaking, I've gotten through a lot of things in the last 3 weeks, but it doesn't feel that way. My intuition tells me, quite unhealthily, that I got nothing done. I think the list of accomplishments I'm keeping is the only thing that keeps me sane against the overzealous (and scatterbrained) project manager that lives in my head.

I worries me a bit.

Re: List your accomplishments

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Post by afarrell »

timrpeterson wrote: post #9
dantillberg wrote: post #5

I was right with the author on this until they referenced Donald Trump as some sort of role model. Ugh. The final paragraph of TFA is quite relevant advice for Trump: Don't Brag. And advice for everyone else: Don't Be Like Trump. That said, I think self-reflection is fantastic. Maybe you feel like you're always running in place? Write down what you've been doing for the past few weeks/months/years, figure out what yo…

Author here. Using Donald trump wasn't as a role model but because you know who he is and that he makes lists.

Your target audience is still going to read his name, have an intuitive negative feeling, and associate that negative feeling with your article.

Re: List your accomplishments

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Post by bionsuba »

afarrell wrote: post #13
timrpeterson wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Author here. Using Donald trump wasn't as a role model but because you know who he is and that he makes lists.

Your target audience is still going to read his name, have an intuitive negative feeling, and associate that negative feeling with your article.

In other words, the audience is completely emotional and is unable to see the good traits of someone because they don't like their politics.

HN everyone

Re: List your accomplishments

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Post by afarrell »

bionsuba wrote: post #14
afarrell wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your target audience is still going to read his name, have an intuitive negative feeling, and associate that negative feeling with your article.

In other words, the audience is completely emotional and is unable to see the good traits of someone because they don't like their politics. HN everyone

> completely emotional

Nope, just emotional to varying degrees. If you think that people don't ever have emotional responses to things or are always able to separate those emotional responses from their interpretations of things, I am really curious what life experiences led you to that conclusion. It differs drastically from my interactions with people.

I actually suspect we're misinterpreting each other.

Re: List your accomplishments

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Post by JohnTHaller »

bionsuba wrote: post #14
afarrell wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your target audience is still going to read his name, have an intuitive negative feeling, and associate that negative feeling with your article.

In other words, the audience is completely emotional and is unable to see the good traits of someone because they don't like their politics. HN everyone

It's not due to politics. It wouldn't matter of her want running for anything. It's a matter of him having so many negative traits. Generally, you choose someone with mostly positive traits for emulation.

Re: List your accomplishments

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Post by jk4930 »

afarrell wrote: post #15
bionsuba wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In other words, the audience is completely emotional and is unable to see the good traits of someone because they don't like their politics. HN everyone

> completely emotional Nope, just emotional to varying degrees. If you think that people don't ever have emotional responses to things or are always able to separate those emotional responses from their interpretations of things, I am really curious what life experiences led you to that conclusion. It differs drastically from my interactions with people. I actually suspect we're misinterpreting each other.

Welcome to the world of disclaimers, trigger warnings, and safe spaces.

Re: List your accomplishments

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Post by afarrell »

jk4930 wrote: post #17
afarrell wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> completely emotional Nope, just emotional to varying degrees. If you think that people don't ever have emotional responses to things or are always able to separate those emotional responses from their interpretations of things, I am really curious what life experiences led you to that conclusion. It differs drastically from my interactions with people. I actually suspect we're misinterpreting each other.

Welcome to the world of disclaimers, trigger warnings, and safe spaces.

What do any of those things have to do with the advice that someone's essay would be more rhetorically effective if they chose a different person?

Re: List your accomplishments

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Post by eternal_intern »

I came across this concept called "The jar of awesome" which on first glance seems really naive but I really took a liking to it. It's basically just writing down your victories when they happen and storing them somewhere in a tangible way. A collection of notes, post its, anything, but it has to be physical and it has to be stored. That way it feels "real", and its a great reminder of the small victories we tend to forget

Re: List your accomplishments

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Post by 13of40 »

eternal_intern wrote: post #19

I came across this concept called "The jar of awesome" which on first glance seems really naive but I really took a liking to it. It's basically just writing down your victories when they happen and storing them somewhere in a tangible way. A collection of notes, post its, anything, but it has to be physical and it has to be stored. That way it feels "real", and its a great reminder of the small victories we tend to…

I tried a similar thing at work several years ago, before "scrum" took hold everywhere. I kept my to-do list as a stack of post-it notes, and when they were done, I'd ball them up and throw them into a decorative glass mug someone left in my office.

"Update ownership on parser tests." "Get M3 feature list from Dan." "Finish code coverage slide deck." "Call dentist." "Buy quicklime and duct tape." "Investigate ia64 hang." "Finish mid-year discussions."

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