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I liked a lot of Steve's early stuff, but when he went all esoteric and pseudo-scientific (referencing his wife's "intuitive readings" and psychic stuff, etc) he totally lost me. Maybe I'll have to re-read some of his early stuff someday...
I was one of his early readers, and used to love his stuff on productivity and personal development. I even tolerated his articles about astral world, lightworkers, law of attraction, etc. But when he posted a glowing "review" of a scam like Site Build-it, complete with an affiliate link, I've decided I've had enough and hit "Unsubscribe". Lesson to be learned: never trust someone who became successful by telling oth…
(For example, his advice regarding waking up to an alarm was invaluable to me.)
You don't have to trust somebody to learn from them.
Pretty shameless, but not a plug (as HN is clearly not the target market). Here's something I did the day after he public domained his articles: http://alfredpang.com/steve-pavlina-blog-collection/
I was one of his early readers, and used to love his stuff on productivity and personal development. I even tolerated his articles about astral world, lightworkers, law of attraction, etc. But when he posted a glowing "review" of a scam like Site Build-it, complete with an affiliate link, I've decided I've had enough and hit "Unsubscribe". Lesson to be learned: never trust someone who became successful by telling oth…
I learned a different lesson, which is that you can win big by being willing to get your hands dirty. After all, Steve Pavlina's site is like a burlap bag filled with a mixture of turds and diamonds. I'd get over my disgust for fecal matter pretty fast if I found such an object. (For example, his advice regarding waking up to an alarm was invaluable to me.) You don't have to trust somebody to learn from them.
I got extra waking time because my body was regulating how much I slept. If I stayed up too late I'd get tired earlier the next day, but in general I dropped my sleeping hours by about 1.
I liked a lot of Steve's early stuff, but when he went all esoteric and pseudo-scientific (referencing his wife's "intuitive readings" and psychic stuff, etc) he totally lost me. Maybe I'll have to re-read some of his early stuff someday...
I was turned off by the self-help guruism but he has one article (theoretically about shareware, but widely applicable) which was extraordinarily helpful to me several years ago. One particular insight, that improvements are multiplicatively effective, essentially transformed the way I do business. Sadly it has fallen off the Internets, but Google still has a cache. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cach…
This is actually great news, because it means that stuff like that can be brought back and polished.
Pretty shameless, but not a plug (as HN is clearly not the target market). Here's something I did the day after he public domained his articles: http://alfredpang.com/steve-pavlina-blog-collection/
how many have you sold?
Somebody else did an iPhone app - which I am guessing is doing way better: http://www.stevepavlina.com/forums/technology-technical-skil...