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Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become

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Re: Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become

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Post by mistermann »

vhiremath4 wrote: post #47
cortesoft wrote: post #26

Oh man this is such a perfect example of productivity porn. Every action you take isn’t a vote for the type of person you wish to become, it is a vote taken by the person you are. I hate this mindset of “I am constantly working towards becoming someone else”. When do we spend time as the person we are? When do we enjoy the fruits of our labor? I feel like some people who take this mindset see their lives as being two…

> Every action you take isn’t a vote for the type of person you wish to become, it is a vote taken by the person you are. This is patently false. If you start smoking cigarettes occasionally and start doing it more, you are becoming more of a smoker. The actions you take or don't take are the clearest input to the person you become. It's true that this is also the person you are, but that distinction seems meaningles…

> There is no problem with being competitive.

What if this is not true without exception?

> From my experience, they're usually just doing their own thing.

The "just" seems off - actions can affect the state of the system we all live in, and sometimes these effects are negative.

Re: Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become

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Post by chasd00 »

nicbou wrote: post #15

This kind of content is better suited for LinkedIn. I'm not a machine. I need rest and recreation to function properly. I sometimes get sick or sleep poorly. I sometimes get bursts of inspiration. There's no telling what condition I'll be working with on a given day. But perhaps you're right. Perhaps I'm casting my vote against being some sigma grindset, 4 AM cold showers, audiobooks at 3X speed kind of guy. The othe…

why don't you take action to get some rest. Take action to do something fun for recreation. Vote by action to be happier. They key is just take action that gets you closer to who you want to be.

Re: Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become

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Post by robotnikman »

sdoering wrote: post #17
DubiousPusher wrote: post #3

Unchained of any social responsibility, void of compulsory passions, maybe. I'm not going to run anyone down for the way they organize their life and I do take on conscious actions to form habits. However, these kinds of aphorisms do give me the willies a bit.

Exactly this. I just can't deal with this (I call it) SEOfication of the world. Content like this always rubs me the wrong way. Not genuinely written because it must be said, because of a deeply felt need to express oneself. But to present oneself in a very specific but essentially superfluous and artificial way. Maybe it is me being more and more disillusioned by all this kind of superficial content. Maybe it is jus…

I feel the same way. It seems like a good chunk of content online is published just for an ultimately superficial purpose. One just has to take a quick look at LinkedIn to see many examples, but by no means is it limited to just there.

Re: Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become

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Post by mikkergp »

vhiremath4 wrote: post #47
cortesoft wrote: post #26

Oh man this is such a perfect example of productivity porn. Every action you take isn’t a vote for the type of person you wish to become, it is a vote taken by the person you are. I hate this mindset of “I am constantly working towards becoming someone else”. When do we spend time as the person we are? When do we enjoy the fruits of our labor? I feel like some people who take this mindset see their lives as being two…

> Every action you take isn’t a vote for the type of person you wish to become, it is a vote taken by the person you are. This is patently false. If you start smoking cigarettes occasionally and start doing it more, you are becoming more of a smoker. The actions you take or don't take are the clearest input to the person you become. It's true that this is also the person you are, but that distinction seems meaningles…

If the only reason a person is having a conversation with me is so they can be a better conversationalist tomorrow, than they can fuck off. I worked out today, I ate healthy today, I worked hard and did chores for my family, and praticed my art forms and I did it all for today. Who knows what tomorrow will bring. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with planning for tomorrow, but there is a problem with seeing "every action you take" that way.

Why do you sense this as a strong aversion to people improving themselves, and not a strong aversion to people trying to guilt people into seeing only one mindset to self improvement?

Re: Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become

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Post by notyourwork »

vhiremath4 wrote: post #47
cortesoft wrote: post #26

Oh man this is such a perfect example of productivity porn. Every action you take isn’t a vote for the type of person you wish to become, it is a vote taken by the person you are. I hate this mindset of “I am constantly working towards becoming someone else”. When do we spend time as the person we are? When do we enjoy the fruits of our labor? I feel like some people who take this mindset see their lives as being two…

> Every action you take isn’t a vote for the type of person you wish to become, it is a vote taken by the person you are. This is patently false. If you start smoking cigarettes occasionally and start doing it more, you are becoming more of a smoker. The actions you take or don't take are the clearest input to the person you become. It's true that this is also the person you are, but that distinction seems meaningles…

> The actions you take or don't take are the clearest input to the person you become.

They are the clearest input to the person you *are*. I agree with the OP you replied to.

Re: Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become

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Post by nicbou »

cortesoft wrote: post #26

Oh man this is such a perfect example of productivity porn. Every action you take isn’t a vote for the type of person you wish to become, it is a vote taken by the person you are. I hate this mindset of “I am constantly working towards becoming someone else”. When do we spend time as the person we are? When do we enjoy the fruits of our labor? I feel like some people who take this mindset see their lives as being two…

The people who believe in these two-phase mentality rarely end up retiring early. They don't know how to relax. If you derive meaning from work and the accumulation of wealth, what do you do after you reach your happy number?

Re: Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become

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Post by vhiremath4 »

mikkergp wrote: post #54
vhiremath4 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Every action you take isn’t a vote for the type of person you wish to become, it is a vote taken by the person you are. This is patently false. If you start smoking cigarettes occasionally and start doing it more, you are becoming more of a smoker. The actions you take or don't take are the clearest input to the person you become. It's true that this is also the person you are, but that distinction seems meaningles…

If the only reason a person is having a conversation with me is so they can be a better conversationalist tomorrow, than they can fuck off. I worked out today, I ate healthy today, I worked hard and did chores for my family, and praticed my art forms and I did it all for today. Who knows what tomorrow will bring. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with planning for tomorrow, but there is a problem with seeing "eve…

I strongly agree with this. I think you really have to begin to love the journey if you want to improve at something with slow incremental gains over time. But everyone has to start somewhere, and, honestly speaking, most people don't want to work out. Most people don't want to work hard. Or eat healthy. You have to force yourself initially to see that this is going to lead to you loving to do these things you currently hate.

Re: Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become

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Post by tailspin2019 »

I don’t have a comment on the article. But if I was the author, it would be pretty rough reading the comments here.

I guess it’s worth remembering that for every blog post out there that perhaps we don’t like, there are a million that are never written in the first place for fear of being exposed to criticism.

So maybe there is virtue in just having the courage to put yourself out there and invite the world to cast their judgement on you, if nothing else!

Re: Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become

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Post by nicbou »

chasd00 wrote: post #52
nicbou wrote: post #15

This kind of content is better suited for LinkedIn. I'm not a machine. I need rest and recreation to function properly. I sometimes get sick or sleep poorly. I sometimes get bursts of inspiration. There's no telling what condition I'll be working with on a given day. But perhaps you're right. Perhaps I'm casting my vote against being some sigma grindset, 4 AM cold showers, audiobooks at 3X speed kind of guy. The othe…

why don't you take action to get some rest. Take action to do something fun for recreation. Vote by action to be happier. They key is just take action that gets you closer to who you want to be.

I'm sick and my body needs rest

Re: Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become

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Post by rukuu001 »

cpursley wrote: post #49
vhiremath4 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Every action you take isn’t a vote for the type of person you wish to become, it is a vote taken by the person you are. This is patently false. If you start smoking cigarettes occasionally and start doing it more, you are becoming more of a smoker. The actions you take or don't take are the clearest input to the person you become. It's true that this is also the person you are, but that distinction seems meaningles…

> why such a strong aversion to people improving themselves crab bucket mentality

In case people aren’t familiar with crab bucket mentality (I wasn’t) - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality
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