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Paul Graham's lecture recently really cemented the idea of having a good life is just work on things that interest you and maybe something comes from it but it
by icpmacdo 12y ago
Paul Graham's lecture recently really cemented the idea of having a good life is just work on things that interest you and maybe something comes from it but it doesn't matter because you are still doing what you enjoy.
- goldfeld 12y agoExactly! People want things to come from it so they can finally do all they wanted. Why not do it now? Then adjust your priorities, lifestyle and consuming patterns as to lower both your needs and expectations, and you're less likely to feel let down by life. Does not work for power-hungry needs, of course.
- pjmorris 12y agoAlong those lines, I was inspired by pg quoting Richard Hamming's three questions [1]: 1) What are the most important problems in your field? 2) Are you working on one of them? 3) Why not? [1] http://paulgraham.com/procrastination.html http://paulgraham.com/procrastination.html