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All right so I got a strange question. how do I get to be like this employee? With that kind of drive vision and focus? It's something I've been trying to cult

All right so I got a strange question. how do I get to be like this employee? With that kind of drive vision and focus? It's something I've been trying to cultivate in myself for a while but I'm always looking to be better. It seem like I never know what to do next

Blakestr 7y ago
Find a problem you hate, or find people you love who need something.
- dookahku 7y ago
  Thanks, but that's too generic. I mean what practices, habits, who knows what else
  - Blakestr 7y ago
    You described a person who is driven andn focused. Essentially you're looking for the traits of: Intelligence and Determination. The best specific habit I can give you to increasing determination is to start a mindfulness practice and get high intensity cardio regular. Mindfulness - 20 minutes a day, twice if you can. It helps you, among other things, be more honest with yourself and become comfortable with being uncomfortable. Cardio - You don't have to run a marathon here. Get your heart rate up to your max heart rate for about 10 seconds, usually it will take you about 90 seconds to two minutes to do this. Keep doing this for about 30 minutes. This will up your metabolism but it will also help you learn how to push because you are physically pushing yourself. Use a decent heart rate monitor a $30 chest strap is all you need. Other habits include removing any addictions in your life that do not benefit you I'm getting 8 hours of sleep every night. Then find a problem you can get behind and try to solve it.
  - JabavuAdams 7y ago
    Too meta. If you like something do it. A lot. You're not going to be high-performing if you have to convince yourself to like it.
  - ubu7737 7y ago
    Monkey see, monkey do. Does that sound like a good strategy? Perhaps you are a monkey. Cultivate the qualities you see in yourself. If you cannot do that, nobody can advise you.
gvb 7y ago
Be curious. Follow up on that curiosity with actual experimentation. You need a big funnel of ideas - read a lot of technical stuff (HN, trade magazines, etc.). The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away. — Dr. Linus Pauling Write software for your own use; modify and be involved in open source software that interests you. Buy eval boards and other hardware that you can experiment with. People who do great things look at the same world everyone else does, but notice some odd detail that's compellingly mysterious. — Paul Graham
maximente 7y ago
are your motivations external rather than internal? do you want money, prestige, or recognition from others and that's why you want to be like this? because if so, forget about it. not worth the friction that will come alongside. i've found a good barometer is to imagine what you would be doing if you had unlimited material wealth, so don't need to earn a paycheck for yourself or others. what are you doing with that time? if that's not tech related, i'd recommend not trying to force it. if it /is/ tech focused, and you work in tech, then there are some issues preventing you from aligning what motivates you from what you're doing. reflect on that, and what you need to do to align those. in my experience this isn't a 2 hour thing, it's like a 2 month thing.
JabavuAdams 7y ago
I find the question a bit hard to understand. If you like something, you do it right? Just do what you like. It's like asking "how does that pro hockey player have the drive vision and focus to play hockey?" Well ... they probably like playing hockey and wouldn't have that drive, vision, and focus for high-jump. So do what you like intensely and unabashedly. Be warned, at some level this is terrible advice -- it's very useful to be able to get things you don't like to do done. Just don't waste your life on them.
ubu7737 7y ago
> how do I get to be like this employee? You don't. If you have to ask, you aren't anything like that employee. Life as a human being is not a choose-your-own-adventure, and your personality can't be altered in a deterministic way. Learn to embrace the person you are, or fuck right off.

Blakestr 7y ago

Find a problem you hate, or find people you love who need something.

dookahku 7y ago
Thanks, but that's too generic. I mean what practices, habits, who knows what else
- Blakestr 7y ago
  You described a person who is driven andn focused. Essentially you're looking for the traits of: Intelligence and Determination. The best specific habit I can give you to increasing determination is to start a mindfulness practice and get high intensity cardio regular. Mindfulness - 20 minutes a day, twice if you can. It helps you, among other things, be more honest with yourself and become comfortable with being uncomfortable. Cardio - You don't have to run a marathon here. Get your heart rate up to your max heart rate for about 10 seconds, usually it will take you about 90 seconds to two minutes to do this. Keep doing this for about 30 minutes. This will up your metabolism but it will also help you learn how to push because you are physically pushing yourself. Use a decent heart rate monitor a $30 chest strap is all you need. Other habits include removing any addictions in your life that do not benefit you I'm getting 8 hours of sleep every night. Then find a problem you can get behind and try to solve it.
- JabavuAdams 7y ago
  Too meta. If you like something do it. A lot. You're not going to be high-performing if you have to convince yourself to like it.
- ubu7737 7y ago
  Monkey see, monkey do. Does that sound like a good strategy? Perhaps you are a monkey. Cultivate the qualities you see in yourself. If you cannot do that, nobody can advise you.

gvb 7y ago

Be curious. Follow up on that curiosity with actual experimentation. You need a big funnel of ideas - read a lot of technical stuff (HN, trade magazines, etc.). The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away. — Dr. Linus Pauling Write software for your own use; modify and be involved in open source software that interests you. Buy eval boards and other hardware that you can experiment with. People who do great things look at the same world everyone else does, but notice some odd detail that's compellingly mysterious. — Paul Graham

maximente 7y ago

are your motivations external rather than internal? do you want money, prestige, or recognition from others and that's why you want to be like this? because if so, forget about it. not worth the friction that will come alongside. i've found a good barometer is to imagine what you would be doing if you had unlimited material wealth, so don't need to earn a paycheck for yourself or others. what are you doing with that time? if that's not tech related, i'd recommend not trying to force it. if it /is/ tech focused, and you work in tech, then there are some issues preventing you from aligning what motivates you from what you're doing. reflect on that, and what you need to do to align those. in my experience this isn't a 2 hour thing, it's like a 2 month thing.

JabavuAdams 7y ago

I find the question a bit hard to understand. If you like something, you do it right? Just do what you like. It's like asking "how does that pro hockey player have the drive vision and focus to play hockey?" Well ... they probably like playing hockey and wouldn't have that drive, vision, and focus for high-jump. So do what you like intensely and unabashedly. Be warned, at some level this is terrible advice -- it's very useful to be able to get things you don't like to do done. Just don't waste your life on them.

ubu7737 7y ago

> how do I get to be like this employee? You don't. If you have to ask, you aren't anything like that employee. Life as a human being is not a choose-your-own-adventure, and your personality can't be altered in a deterministic way. Learn to embrace the person you are, or fuck right off.