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by kirse 14y ago
Between the Joel.is posts and this latest "Buffer" blog posting I have to say the majority of material coming out of these folks just reeks of "Quick-Fix" (Steven Covey term) superficiality and marketing spam. It's highly individualized re
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by kirse 14y ago
FlightFox was really an eye opener for me when I learned about that 6-continents trip that some agent had planned for $1730 (originally linked off HN)... I basically realized these guys have so many tricks up their sleeves that the more fle
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by kirse 14y ago
I have to say, between FlightFox and AirBNB (both sites I learned about through HN) I've been an incredibly happy camper planning a recent group trip. FlightFox agents found us a ridiculously low airfare for our group -- in fact I don't th
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by kirse 14y ago
When it comes to something as abstract as "willpower",I can't help but think that these "facts" only serve to hinder potential. Every "scientific" discussion regarding willpower always presents the same old rehashed Marshmallow experiments
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by kirse 14y ago
Hmm, think this through a bit more. When you have been influenced on a subconscious level, you aren't aware that you have been influenced. If you aren't even aware to know it's happened, how can you possibly analyze and weight it? How mu
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by kirse 14y ago
When I was younger, I used to hear this "thinking for yourself" phrase from a number of friends who genuinely believed they were on the path to personal freedom because they "thought for themselves"... It sounds like a sign of true independ
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by kirse 14y ago
I wonder if this has anything to do with the selected audience for this card game... i.e. Are the type of people who find these cards hilarious more prone to acting with "jerk" behavior? Only a hypothesis, but worth a look, since my primary
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by kirse 14y ago
Building/breaking habits became far easier to me when I started to understand the true importance and power of choice in the present moment. If you can cultivate the ability to fight with yourself in the moment - when you do (or don't) wan
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by kirse 14y ago
Ahh that's Philly for ya: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/judge-issuing-ord... Unfortunately, it happens everywhere and from both sides.
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by kirse 14y ago
I mostly agree with the author's message that we spend far too much time trying to "improve" ourselves through knowledge-seeking, rather than simply doing . However, simply "doing what you love" ignores the reality that our level of intere
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by kirse 14y ago
Haha, it's a great life lesson no doubt. I learned this concept a few years ago when I first started to ride a motorcycle, and they have a phrase for it - target fixation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_fixation What amazed me more
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by kirse 14y ago
Oh I'm in full agreement with you... I was just trying to elucidate the point that I felt like John needed to drive home - the importance of asking the big questions first, because only then will we have a direction in life that makes it ea
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by kirse 14y ago
There's a reason why Steven Covey's "7 Habits" is such a popular book, and it's because it delivers a fantastic framework - not a list of 1000 self-help tips - for building a life organized around your principles. He spends a whole chapter
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by kirse 14y ago
You may "believe" in Maslow's hierarchy, but whether it is truth is certainly up for debate. Even the "Criticisms" section on the Wikipedia page you link has plenty of legitimate debate. As with most psychology, it is a soft science at be
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by kirse 14y ago
You can't make much of an impact on the world if you're not happy with your life. This sort of self-centered attitude (i.e. "my own happiness must come before others") is the same line of reasoning that people use to say "you can't love o
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by kirse 14y ago
I read that as he's Ex-Christian, not currently Christian, so such advice would not be considered any more valid than the Tao Te Ching. Maybe, but one does not simply turn off 25 years of spiritual training and knowledge like a light swit
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by kirse 14y ago
I need to clarify: I feel 100% happy now. I've got to say, I still don't understand the obsession these days with "happiness". Who sits around reflecting on (and measuring) their happiness, as if it's some numerical, achievable end-goal?
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by kirse 15y ago
Gifted kids aren't really any different from the "regular" kids, they just often have a smarter-sounding rationalization for why they don't enjoy math. However, it's really the age-old excuse "When am I even gonna use this?" I really came
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by kirse 15y ago
But my particular career path isn't really going anywhere anymore... A good therapist would probably talk you through all of this, but look at your own self-talk first... Your core belief is that you don't think your career path is going
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by kirse 15y ago
He just wants money, and it's not even clear why. I don't think that's a healthy way to live, that's all. Reminds me of Ecclesiastes... "Whoever loves money never has money enough..." The entire book is full of wisdom on chasing the vani
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by kirse 15y ago
That used to be an issue with phones 5 years ago (like the M600i, which I bought purely because it looked cool), but these days with most phones being Quad-band 2G / Tri-band 3G (or better) it's pretty easy to get a phone that will work on
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by kirse 15y ago
This is why I've imported all my phones for the past 7+ years... Nokia 6820 Sony Ericsson M600i (white) Nokia N95 8gb Nokia N900 Galaxy S2 It's a tad more expensive than a locked-in contract plan but you get your phone many months before th
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by kirse 16y ago
Stop caring about labels, titles and recognition; then your struggle will end. We all want to lead a life of significance, but don't fool yourself into thinking that the only way to find significance is to "achieve major recognition" in the
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by kirse 16y ago
I came in here to post something akin to "InfinityXO" above, but I have to admit this comment just made something click in my head. I'm extremely driven to achieve, but I've been wondering about how to make life more about the "journey" an
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by kirse 16y ago
Eh, I think I may have somewhat got off track about the original "Atheists ... imagine they are free of faith." statement. Regardless, I think we both came to agreement that faith is a necessity. After all, you don't know that the universe
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by kirse 16y ago
Ok, so you've facetiously applied our correct definition of faith to include dragons in basements. However, under further analysis, we also realize it takes an equally great amount of faith to claim that science can rationally answer quest
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by kirse 16y ago
Nobody is playing semantic games here, nor have the goalposts moved, because faith is the application and confidence in a given belief. From a Christian perspective, the Bible defines "faith" as confidence in that which we hope for and that
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by kirse 16y ago
I never understood this, what sort of "alpha" male goes on the internet and looks for advice from other people on how to be a man? The first step in being a real man is not looking to others on how to be a man. (Or at least finding a mento
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by kirse 16y ago
Just as a quick tip (from someone who has run for about 20 years now)... What "meditating" just means is keeping your focus on a given thought/feeling/whatever... so it truly can be anything ... whether it's music, running, a concept like
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by kirse 16y ago
I haven't logged in to comment for 37 days and this little essay is such utter garbage. The fact that it takes him just 7 paragraphs to completely dismiss all potential religious truth as "clearly false" should set off anyone's dogma-alert

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