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Five Techniques for Avoiding Short-Sighted Decision-Making(spring.org.uk)
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Revealed: How Steve Jobs Turns Customers into Fanatics(neurosciencemarketing.com)
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The Myth of Discipline(zenhabits.net)
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Apple Fanboy = Religious Fanatic?(neurosciencemarketing.com)
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Syria Shuts Off Internet(readwriteweb.com)
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The Illusion of Control(zenhabits.net)
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"I've Never Heard Someone Say An Expectant Father/CEO Will Fail"(businessinsider.com)
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The Problem with Happiness(huffingtonpost.com)
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The Hidden Side of Happiness: Adversity(psychologytoday.com)
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The Psychologist's View of UX Design(uxmag.com)
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An earthquake in Japan: When the earth wobbled(economist.com)
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How Long to Form a Habit?(spring.org.uk)
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The Nerdy, Gendered Situation of Computer Science « The Situationist(thesituationist.wordpress.com)
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Using Deprivation to Understand What Consumers Value(ambidextrousmag.org)
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by evac 16y ago
Any currently in UC Berkeley? I'm an undergrad here at the moment.
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by evac 16y ago
You have a good point about people already being motivated to do something if they're looking for an app. However, "wanting" to do something tends to be a short-term motivation as compared to the grittier, determined motivation of "doing" s
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A Missing Link in Start-Up Ideas: "Insights"
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Engineer Life: Set Up Habit Changes So It’s Hard to Fail(zenhabits.net)
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Effective action: Advice to entrepreneurs from Machiavelli(dumblittleman.com)
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by evac 16y ago
In my opinion, rather than say that solitude sparks "ideas", I think it's more accurate to say that solitude sparks "insights". And by insights, I'm referring to a new understanding or perspective of an issue. And I believe that insights, i
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by evac 16y ago
Coming from a psychology background myself, I would say yes, we definitely underestimate how external factors affect our decision-makings. Peer pressure is one obvious influence, but I would personally say the biggest influences come from f
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by evac 16y ago
It might depend on the gap between you and the others on the team. If the gap is small enough that they can keep up most of the time, learn with/from you and, most importantly, listen to you seriously when you give suggestions or point out
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by evac 16y ago
True, interesting coincidences! Since I just recently joined HN, I haven't had much opportunity to bump into non-programmers (and programmers) who are also interested in psychology. Though this is a bit off-topic, I'm glad that posting the
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by evac 16y ago
If we're talking about habit of highly successful people, I would agree it's persistence. But if we're talking specifically about highly creative and innovative people, then we may have to measure them with a slightly different set of metri
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The No. 1 Habit of Highly Creative People(zenhabits.net)
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Can't Find a Technical Co-Founder? Do It Yourself(viniciusvacanti.com)
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by evac 16y ago
I'm taking up self-teaching by choice and habit because I often like to learn things on my own at first. (Half of my "education" from middle school to current college studies have all been self-taught in a variety of subjects during my spar
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Why We Make New Year’s Resolutions(psychcentral.com)
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Why We Procrastinate(psychologytoday.com)
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by evac 16y ago
That would describe me as well, though I've taken up self-teaching myself web development since about a week or two ago. Though I come from a (traditional) business and psychology background in my studies, I feel most at home in the strong

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