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Every self-help book ever, boiled down to 11 simple rules

• turnsout 3y ago
  Pretty good list! Sadly, knowing what to do and doing it are two different things, which is why there’s a market for self help books.
  • vitabenes 3y ago
    Easier said than done, but almost everything is. Still, I think there's some utility for self-help stuff. If you spend 30 minutes reading about how to be more effective, if the book is good, it can actually affect behavior, at least in the short term.
  • prawn 3y ago
    "Take one small step." Ignore problem and take small step of buying a book about the problem. Now you have to read the book to get back up to facing the problem. ;)
• karmakaze 3y ago
  Here's the list. The article has more than a sentence or paragraph to explain each. 1. Take one small step. 2. Change your mental maps. 3. Struggle is good. Scary is good. 4. Instant judgment is bad. 5. Remember the end of your life. 6. Be playful. 7. Be useful to others. 8. Perfectionism = procrastination 9. Sleep, exercise, eat, chill out. Repeat. 10. Write it all down. 11. You can't get it all from reading. It looks really good to apply in almost any context. Even step 5 is one I use for both personal decisions and (a smaller timescale) for software development thinking of time in reverse pretending being in the future what would be a good result and path to get there. If being referenced while doing self-help, it could identify which step(s) are troublesome and needs better execution.