stevenkovar

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by stevenkovar 9y ago
Personal anecdote, but working less helped me both enjoy life more and secure a better future for myself. Downtime isn't a loss of productivity. It's when you let your subconscious do its job—making gut decisions, allowing ideas t
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by stevenkovar 9y ago
Spending time on fun or interesting things is a good way to zero out your 'stressbox' and can be (I'd say should be) just as deliberate a daily habit as zeroing out your email inbox.
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
It just takes more time and a more intense focus; a startup's ability to focus vs. larger organizations is powerful.
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
Similarly, I made a good number of friends who were international students by playing intramural soccer. I suppose you could say soccer is a common language.
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
I'd like to think that as we become a more globalized society, it would be in our best interests to keep every region protected from CO2 proliferation—the 'rising tides lift all ships' philosophy.
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
My co-founder and I built a desktop app called Woot Agent when we were younger which would tell you when woot.com had a "Woot-Off" [1] sale. It would sound an alarm every time a new item came up for sale, with a special sound for
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
Happiness is fleeting. Content-ness is what feels most de-stressing to me. Perhaps we can call it fulfillment. I find that I experience more flashes of happiness when I am most content; and I get there by removing stressors and handling the
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
To me, anger is easiest to dissolve when you take a step back—physically if necessary—and observe the situation. More often than not you'll find there was a communication breakdown somewhere, and you can resolve that breakdown instead
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
Not as common in a white collar setting (in the US at least).
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
I think it's fine to subsidize education through government programs. Instead, remove the standard of requiring certain levels of education. Perhaps require industry-specific credentials that can be earned through exam or internship fo
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
To me, the issue started when college became about securing a career over expanding / exploring intellectual horizons. The result of this transition incentivizes the wrong output: instead of kids coming out of college able to freely th
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
I would propose that fewer American entrepreneurs would say they need the U.S. as well. The world is globalizing—and I think that's a good thing.
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
Instead of 'chin up', it helps to think of it as extending the crown of the head up to the ceiling.
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
A good practice to adopt to help with this: join a gym and work out 2-3 times a week. Learn through the gym how to enjoy the process more than the milestones, and apply the same mechanic to other aspects of life. What's the next 2% imp
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
Tim Ferriss had a very interesting podcast with Walter O'Brien which touches on teaching those with incredibly high IQ to develop their EQ (Intelligence:Emotional) to bridge this gap—including himself. If you're interested: http:
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
Saying "No" and giving back. Constantly remind yourself that "this is entirely optional," whether it's a lunch meeting, a product feature, or your entire career. It helps you be more present—in the moment. If it doe
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
Many sub-cultures in America (and I assume elsewhere) involving highly competitive industries.
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
Happiness, money, and love are great as a byproduct of effort, but destructive as the main goal. Do you want to feel fulfilled or do you want to be happy? My money is on the former; for me this fulfillment comes from continually improving.
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by stevenkovar 10y ago
I think the crux of the matter is that human labor is losing its value, but the world is structured such that labor earns your place in society. Many are losing their position in society as a result, resulting in varying degrees of dissonan
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by stevenkovar 11y ago
It's not so much that I feel better exercising while fasted; it's that I don't feel inhibited exercising while fasted. However, the hunger-dampening effect of working out is common[0]: > "There are two important hormo
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by stevenkovar 11y ago
I've done intermittent fasting (specifically, the 'Leangains' protocol) for 6 years now, and it's treated me very well. The biggest benefit to me is that it makes diet adherence much easier, and keeps my macronutrient in
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by stevenkovar 11y ago
For those who "don't have time" or find it difficult to get into a mindful state while doing meditation: try it while performing some sort of routine task (something we do on 'autopilot'). During a drive or comm
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by stevenkovar 11y ago
In short: eye strain can happen at both extremes of the spectrum. As such, #111 is more friendly than #000. The same background color is fine with a color like #ADAA9E—brighter version of the current color.
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by stevenkovar 11y ago
It may be worth looking into how different forms of exercise may affect insulin sensitivity; additionally, fasting (as well as the two combined).
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by stevenkovar 11y ago
The take-away, to me, is to append one more variable when we consider wehat goes in our mouth: the bioavailability / effect in your microbiome. "We realize a diet like this doesn’t lend itself to being packaged and sold. It emphas
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by stevenkovar 11y ago
My first thought was that it would be a simple way to position key items while structuring a village. Perhaps points for sentries to watch over the village, for traders/shops to operate, etc. They seemed to be spaced within shouting di
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by stevenkovar 11y ago
I encourage you to lift weights. It's a different type of stress that your body is more inclined to deal with in a positive fashion; this translates to your mood positively. Test getting more sleep to see what happens—doesn't hurt
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by stevenkovar 11y ago
Exercise hard. Imagine your 'mood funk' as sulfur buildup in a water heater. Your water's going to smell awful until you burn out all that sulfur. The same applies with mood and exercise. This is an abstract illustration—howe
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by stevenkovar 11y ago
The NASA division I interned at was tasked with creating better living spaces for astronauts. The division was decommissioned soon after my internship ended because astronauts more or less said, "We don't need more space. We get t
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by stevenkovar 11y ago
I've always found it most effective to elect for speed when you reach a point of dissonance—because gathering actionable data is more valuable to me than making zero mistakes. Better to be doing than deliberating. Speed incites action,

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