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by halfcat 13y ago
All you stat nerds keep on talking about statistical significance. While you are busy waving your hands, PG will keep raking in millions. "Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen."
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by halfcat 13y ago
Beyond getting good at chess, fast, if you want to get great at chess, slowly, then GM Rashid Ziatdinov has the instructions you seek. GM Ziatdinov is unique in that he gives the blueprint that he claims will get anyone to master level (220
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by halfcat 13y ago
In the short term it has the same benefits as learning to do anything else that's non-trivial (grappling with a new topic, concentrating for longer periods of time, improved self confidence maybe, etc). In other words, the reasons that
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by halfcat 13y ago
The ocean is broken? Sounds like aliens to me...
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by halfcat 13y ago
Also maybe read some of Ramit Sethi's stuff. He has a book and tons of stuff on his website and YouTube.
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by halfcat 13y ago
The person asking you politely for free work is probably someone good at sales and manipulating people. In other words, you aren't doing them a favor. They see you as a sucker. You sound like a nice guy, and everyone assumes most peopl
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by halfcat 14y ago
This is what I do to get out of a funk. It isn't easy at first, but it has worked 100% of the time. Set priorities, define roles, choose action, schedule action, do it. No Matter What. NO EXCUSES! Here's an example. Priorities: 1. Spiritual
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