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The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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Re: The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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Post by Simon_says »

eksemplar wrote: post #69
Simon_says wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which government is yours? Everything I've read is that smokers have lower total healthcare costs since they die earlier and tend to have sudden deaths instead of lingering around using healthcare services. https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/03/22/alcohol-...

Danish, smokers are 8,3 billion DKR more costly a year than non smokers. http://www.fyens.dk/modules/mobile/article?articleid=3106811 The municipality where I work operates in a 3 billion yearly budget by comparison. So you could run more two and a half cities with 50.000 people for a year for the money smokers cost us.

Per year, yea. But smokers live shorter lives. That's why I referenced the lifetime total expenditures.

Re: The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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Post by stephengillie »

xaedes wrote: post #57
stephengillie wrote: post #14

If you sleep 6 hours instead of 8, you gain about a day every 2 weeks.

If you waste 16 hours already you can easily waste 18 hours...

People with access to greater mental resources are capable of wasting far more time and energy than the average person.

Re: The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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Post by ak39 »

candiodari wrote: post #59
ak39 wrote: post #53

This is spot on. I share this worldview too. Here are my thoughts I try to live by: 1. Know the type of person you are: We are all creatives and contributors at our core. We all measure our self-worth by how much we give instead of how much we take. This is part of our natural human wiring - to want to belong deservingly to a village of individuals who pull their own weight. So, if you are not creating in your natura…

Can you give a few examples, other than apps, that one could make and reasonably sell ? Maybe it's just me but I don't see any real opportunity in this.

If you're looking for business opportunities, look for "dirty" jobs. They are everywhere and in every field. Find them, do them, do them well enough to know why no one wants to do them. And only then get creative about doing these jobs without getting dirty.

A "dirty" job is anything that needs to be done but is considered beneath many.

Re: The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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Post by candiodari »

yetihehe wrote: post #64
candiodari wrote: post #59

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Can you give a few examples, other than apps, that one could make and reasonably sell ? Maybe it's just me but I don't see any real opportunity in this.

- Grow vegetables - Make tools - Make cakes - Build houses - Build machines - Create gardens There are many possibilities, you could earn reasonable money from any of above examples starting from small business and not needing to learn that much before you start.

How would you make money from any of those ? I do not have a lot of area available, and a storefront is entirely out of the question.

Especially cupcakes sounds interesting, as I'm quite confident I could automate that.

Re: The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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Post by J-dawg »

coldtea wrote: post #52
winter_blue wrote: post #11

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I think the author point was about what would bring the greatest self-fullfillment. It's not necessarily money. You could be an author or an artist or something else, and have far more fulfillment in life than making 10x working at a job that you're good at but that doesn't bring you as much fulfillment.

> You could be an author or an artist or something else, and have far more fulfillment in life than making 10x working at a job that you're good at but that doesn't bring you as much fulfillment. Those who create might be that, but they are notorious for also being fussy, difficult to satisfy their creative urges, and often abuse themselves, etc. We can also say that you can have tons of fulfillment without either ma…

"The world belongs to the easily amused" sounds like a great philosophy to live by. I'm going to remember that!

Re: The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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Post by sampl »

coldtea wrote: post #52
winter_blue wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the author point was about what would bring the greatest self-fullfillment. It's not necessarily money. You could be an author or an artist or something else, and have far more fulfillment in life than making 10x working at a job that you're good at but that doesn't bring you as much fulfillment.

> You could be an author or an artist or something else, and have far more fulfillment in life than making 10x working at a job that you're good at but that doesn't bring you as much fulfillment. Those who create might be that, but they are notorious for also being fussy, difficult to satisfy their creative urges, and often abuse themselves, etc. We can also say that you can have tons of fulfillment without either ma…

> Those who create might be that, but they are notorious for also being fussy, difficult to satisfy their creative urges, and often abuse themselves, etc.

Sometimes true, but is that because of who they are or how whether they're producing?

I'd argue for creative types, not creating can just make all this worse.

Re: The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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Post by eksemplar »

Simon_says wrote: post #71
eksemplar wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Danish, smokers are 8,3 billion DKR more costly a year than non smokers. http://www.fyens.dk/modules/mobile/article?articleid=3106811 The municipality where I work operates in a 3 billion yearly budget by comparison. So you could run more two and a half cities with 50.000 people for a year for the money smokers cost us.

Per year, yea. But smokers live shorter lives. That's why I referenced the lifetime total expenditures.

You misunderstand, it's what they cost extra compared to non-smokers, agelengths included.

Re: The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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Post by Simon_says »

eksemplar wrote: post #77
Simon_says wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Per year, yea. But smokers live shorter lives. That's why I referenced the lifetime total expenditures.

You misunderstand, it's what they cost extra compared to non-smokers, agelengths included.

Well, maybe. I can't read whatever language that article is in, but I Google Translated it, and it appears to only talk about per year costs. If you disagree, would it be possible to give a quote from the article?

Re: The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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Post by yetihehe »

candiodari wrote: post #74
yetihehe wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

- Grow vegetables - Make tools - Make cakes - Build houses - Build machines - Create gardens There are many possibilities, you could earn reasonable money from any of above examples starting from small business and not needing to learn that much before you start.

How would you make money from any of those ? I do not have a lot of area available, and a storefront is entirely out of the question. Especially cupcakes sounds interesting, as I'm quite confident I could automate that.

  - Grow vegetables - sell them on local small markets. As you wrote, this requires some area, but you could try indoor farming in your basement.
  - Make tools - you could sell them online as artisanal tools or just make good quality hand tools and after advertising on some local fairs you WILL have clients.
  - Make cakes - this really requires a storefront but I'm sure you will find some programs to accelerate small business or something. I don't know where you live but in Poland it is rather easy to start such business as unemployed, you just need to write sensible businessplan.
  - Build houses - yep, this one requires some investment in tools and advertising, but some advertisements on craigslist or something like local small ads pages should be enough.
  - Build machines - this requires more investment and technical acumen. I've included this as a possibility.
  - Create gardens - garden designers almost don't require investment, you just need some design skills. Start as employee/apprentice with some near design firm and get experience, then you can open your own business.
This is not tutorial how to create, this is only listing of example venues for making money from creating. You should find some venue usable to you by yourself.

Re: The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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Post by sophiaellis »

J-dawg wrote: post #75
coldtea wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> You could be an author or an artist or something else, and have far more fulfillment in life than making 10x working at a job that you're good at but that doesn't bring you as much fulfillment. Those who create might be that, but they are notorious for also being fussy, difficult to satisfy their creative urges, and often abuse themselves, etc. We can also say that you can have tons of fulfillment without either ma…

"The world belongs to the easily amused" sounds like a great philosophy to live by. I'm going to remember that!

Hahaha I loved this conclusion. Some people took this way too seriously. I'm a recent college grad who, instead of getting a 9-5, spent the last 4 years building relationships with clients who I LOVE creating for. More than anything, this is a commentary on how much time I watched my friends watch other people live rather than find out what they love.
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