Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?

Re:Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in ... by rubicon33 on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @11:44AM (#42509627)

Mental fortitude and strength.

As I enter mid life I’m finding a lot of things (mentally) challenging. I’m hoping to find peace and mental strength to stay the course and enjoy the life I have built. Worry less, appreciate more, and generally just be happy.

How to skill up in this area? I’m honestly not sure, but starting with reading.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in ... by rramadass on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @11:54PM (#42513203)

Nice! This is the most important life skill to develop and maintain as you get older; Needs daily practice and struggle.

Subjects to study are General Philosophy(Hinduism/Buddhism/Stoics/Cynics etc.) and Martial Arts Philosophy (all works translated by William Scott Wilson).

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Re:Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in ... by jezzabeel on Thursday December 26, 2024 @01:25AM (#42513499)

Agreed.

Also, I found The Courage to be Disliked an interesting paradigm shifter.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in ... by rramadass on Thursday December 26, 2024 @10:07AM (#42515635)

The book looks pretty interesting and not what i thought it was based on its title; need to check it out.

In case you didn't know of it; you might also like Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie%27s_World

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Re:Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in ... by jezzabeel on Sunday December 29, 2024 @07:54PM (#42545215)

Thanks, yes, never got around to reading it.

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