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The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by spunker540 »

schnevets wrote: post #120
deeviant wrote: post #79

This type of sentiment generally makes me feel that literally nobody understands why business work or don't. I remember pitching the idea of a fantasy financial league to a friend who is a teacher, as a way of teaching kids about the stock market and finance. His reply instantly gelled with me and let me know they actually understood much more than I about both teaching and finance: He said it will teach exactly the…

I really like this analogy, especially while WSB-style "YOLO" has become a life philosophy over the last 5 years. That said, I wonder if the "fantasy financial league" game can become a lesson by selectively choosing a handful of stocks over a 30 year period. Tell the kids about the economics of the period (let's say the 1960s - 1990s) and provide a few companies with the tickers, names, and descriptions replaced. Wa…

I understand at Bloomberg they’ll do an internal “fantasy financial league”, but they rank by sharpe ratio, which adjusts based on the volatility/risk (something like that).

But that’s such a good point about stock competitions generally showing kids that the reckless gambler wins the most - never thought about that.

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by clomond »

whiddershins wrote: post #478
amatecha wrote: post #385

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Yeah, I think that's exactly right. Any artistic people I've worked/associated with have a certain "clarity" about the world around them, that I think most people don't. Artists delve into culture and social things that are not easily recognized by people who aren't paying particular attention, I guess you could say. Not in all cases, and I think it depends on the type of creativity, but yeah... That's my simplistic…

I have a theory that each artist finds a window into another dimension, then attempts to communicate what they saw. But I love your theory too.

I see these as one in the same actually.

Clarity I think comes from being “part” of the world or some specific part of it. While many and most “live” through it, the Artist sees the inverse of a sorts of it - the “big picture within some lens”. Then, tries to process and communicate the unseen truths in whatever medium they are accustomed.

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by nkingsy »

mkl wrote: post #408
nkingsy wrote: post #83

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I’ve lately been playing through the “real book”, sketching out each song quickly and doing a run through, maybe 8 songs per day. In just three months I’m on my third time through and have discovered probably 100 songs I just love to play that I’d never heard before (Ellington is a genius songwriter. “Cottontail” is one that I get excited to see when I flip to it, and I just have to play at least three times). Not ac…

There seem to be lots of Real Books. Which one do you mean?

https://www.amazon.com/Real-Book-Hal-Leonard-Corp/dp/1423424...

Sorry for the Amazon link

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by _benj »

yesenadam wrote: post #468
_benj wrote: post #443

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This is definitely not the right comment but as a vegetarian… steam vegetables are disgusting! Grill/bake is so much more delicious. And, after committing the sin of telling you that I’m a vegetarian in my first sentence, I hope it can be useful for someone :)

> steam vegetables are disgusting! Gee. Steamed veges (potatoes, corn, broccoli, beans, carrots, brussel sprouts etc) with a lil vegan butter, salt, and herbs or minced garlic on top is one of my favourite things in the world.

:) oops… should had put the disclaimer that it’s a personal opinion.

I just hear some people saying “I don’t like vegetables” and often my question is “how have you had them?”

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by rchaud »

BugWatch wrote: post #462
rchaud wrote: post #234

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I know exactly what this feels like. I have been making digital mini-magazines about music subgenres for years. I have never finished a single one. Shoegaze, Garage Rock, Post-Punk ... I always move on to a new issue before I'm even done with the first. I want to already be the guy with a boring 9-5 by day, and a 'cool' punk historian by night. But I'm not, and the older I get the more I'm sure I won't ever be. And y…

I know nothing about music genres... but such organized "mini-magazines" in PDFs that cover the outlines and basics seems quite appealing and interesting.

Appreciate that, I actually did not know if there would be any appetite for what I was talking about. Certainly not among my social circle!

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by chii »

phamilton wrote: post #480
reggieband wrote: post #189

One of the more interesting sayings I have come across lately is: People overestimate how much they can get done in the short term but they underestimate how much they can get done in the long term. I see this all the time with friends who pick up the guitar as a hobby. Often someone practices intensely for one week or one month and then gets frustrated at their progress. That frustration often causes people to give…

Also related is how effective walking away is. 20 minutes + a good night's sleep + 20 minutes is often more effective than an hour of practice in one go. Possibly even 2 hours.

20min x 2, and a night's sleep being around 8hrs, means a total of 8hr40mins

so, is the above more effective than practising for 8hrs40min straight?

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by RandyRanderson »

AKA the war of art[0] and I'm sure there's many, many other books in the same vein.

To dichotomize: those that show up every day anyway are likely doing something they love (even if the thing they're doing is showing up itself[1]). Those that don't likely perceive the way fwd as something they don't like. We can change that perception but it's hard.

Likely, it's best to think in a continuum of interest and that we need to move the perception or act into a realm that is self-reinforcing.

[0] https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/ [1] This is an illness; a life without refuge.

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by xapata »

mritchie712 wrote: post #267
jmilloy wrote: post #203

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Do you know this to be true? Most artists that I know, which is most people I know, struggle with as many work-related distractions as I do. My sanctioned office distractions at least "count" to my employer (I get paid for that time).

yeah, there someone still needs to sell the art. I'd imagine it's the artist until you're a massive success.

No, generally that's the gallerist's job. They take 50% of the revenue.
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