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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).

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.

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

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.