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Ask HN: How do you incorporate advice into your life?
We're constantly inundated with best practices, theories, lists about doing better in all aspects of life (being successful, a good manager, efficient, happy). How do you actually cut out the noise and make use of the important tips?
- paulcole 11y agoThis is paraphrased from The Lost World by Michael Crichton. I read it when I was in middle school and it has stuck with me for over 20 years: "Most people are wrong about most things." People give advice that is out of date, just plain wrong, irrelevant, self-serving, or otherwise generally useless. The key is to just ignore it and do whatever you want. Over time you'll figure out what works and what doesn't. And in 30+ years of living, the only thing I've figured out that works is to ignore all the advice I receive.
- voulevoule 11y agoThis is an interesting question, and I would also like to hear what the community thinks :)
- gt565k 11y agoIt usually comes down to time management and a solid routine / schedule. Start with getting 6-8 hours of sleep a night, consistently. Go to bed and wake up at the same time every day. Perform physical exercise for 45min - 1hr a day. That alone will allow you to manage your time significantly better.
- pandaFish 11y agoSpot on. Being able to carve a 60-90 minute chunk out of your day to hit the gym is a great way to cut low hanging wasted time. A consistent wake up time anchors your sleep schedule, and prevents you from accruing a sleep debt. Most sleep debts gradually sneak up, and can be hard to diagnose.
- pandaFish 11y agoFind advice from people who are one step ahead of you. The advice from the CEO of a late state company doesn't have as much value to a first time founder trying to find product/market fit.
- heynickc 11y agoI think we have an innate fear of losing things forever and that's why we sometimes let information/advice overload inundate us - we're afraid that if we don't read that blog post, that we're going to miss out on a life hack and never see it again. I don't really have a set way I cut out the noise - but I definitely try to in as many ways as I can. It helps me to look at it as a fear of loss/fear of missing things and when I make note of that fear - I can ignore the noise more easily.