Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

liamcardenas wrote: post #4

Naval has a lot of good content. I would start with his tweet storm: How to Get Rich (without getting lucky): https://twitter.com/naval/status/1002103360646823936?s=21

That’s a sweet tweet storm, thanks!

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

#6

Post by liamcardenas » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 3:03 AM UTC

idoh wrote: post #5

liamcardenas wrote: post #4

Naval has a lot of good content. I would start with his tweet storm: How to Get Rich (without getting lucky): https://twitter.com/naval/status/1002103360646823936?s=21

That’s a sweet tweet storm, thanks!

Glad you liked it! He has a lot of other content too. You can see a compilation of his best works on the site linked in his twitter bio:

https://theangelphilosopher.com/

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

#7

Post by sumitsrivastava » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 3:11 AM UTC

deepsun wrote: post #2

Not sure if spending time on life advice is better than on life itself.

I got really better at living life by learning from other people's experiences. PG really knows which ones would I value more. That's why I like PG's essays.

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

#8

Post by shambolicfroli » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 3:12 AM UTC

The Psychology of Human Misjudgment by Charles T. Munger https://www.harrisonbarnes.com/the-psychology-of-human-misju... (You may wish to scroll down to "psychology-based tendencies that, while generally useful, often mislead")

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

#9

Post by tony » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 3:12 AM UTC

I'm biased in favor of audiobooks since they fit with strolls. Books are for sitting, walking burns calories :)

Books:

How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

Taste testing:

PhilosophersNotes is like sparknotes for self-help books. Can be used as a way to discover / screen books you'd like.

Audio:

Psychology in Seattle's episodes regarding Attachment Theory (6 episodes). The reason why is it's a swiss army knife for understanding relationships and behavior. These episodes are paywalled though, but there are free episodes available if you use a Podcast app.

Like aphextron mentioned Socrates: Republic, Apology by Plato are really good. The one narrated by Ray Childs.

Audible for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig (it's like a Socratic dialog about what Quality is)

A lot of stuff by The Teaching Company / Great Courses in general have been good quality (maybe I've been lucky).

Re: Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

#10

Post by tpowell » Sat, Apr 13, 2019, 3:17 AM UTC

liamcardenas wrote: post #6

idoh wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a sweet tweet storm, thanks!

Glad you liked it! He has a lot of other content too. You can see a compilation of his best works on the site linked in his twitter bio: https://theangelphilosopher.com/

Second this. It’s the best podcast I’ve ever listened to—I re-play it every time I have a road trip.

They went as far to create a lovely transcript of it, too: https://fs.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Naval-Ravikant-TK...