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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep going without burning out? on Sunday November 19, 2023 @03:44AM (#38330564)
What is your red flag(s) for entering overdrive?

Could you notice it/them and stop yourself?

Would that solve the issue?

Re:Finite and Infinite Games [pdf] on Sunday June 18, 2023 @08:08AM (#36379472)
Loved this quote from the book

“There is a contradiction here: If the prize for winning finite play is life, then the players are not properly alive. They are competing for life. Life, then, is not play, but the outcome of play. Finite players play to live; they do not live their playing. Life is therefore deserved, bestowed, possessed, won. It is not lived.” that was posted in this blog post recently https://www.youngmoney.co/p/infinite-games

For me the difference in what game you choose to play is a result of your mindset - are you seeing people you play with in life, or do you se objects/ obstacles that you have to win over.

That difference makes a huge difference in your behaviour, a person is treated with respect and love - an object is pushed, beaten, removed.

So, i ask myself, how would I like to treated, like a person or an object?

It brings me nothing but good experiences already, and I for sure will smile at the end of my days here on earth knowing I at least for some time had a positive impact on others.
Being arrogant for 47~ish years, did nothing good for me.

Now I work hard on being friendly, curious and kind towards others.

“The anatomy of peace”, by the Arbinger institute.

It has helped me navigate conflicts better and I have become more succesful through better collaborations and stronger relationships.

For 12 years my windows watermarking software has been making >500$ a month (lately just barely)

https://www.watermark-image.com/

Re:Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year? on Friday December 31, 2021 @01:35PM (#29751013)
Happy new year!

My goal for the next year is to do no mindless SoMe consumption, and instead create and market what i build, or relax or take a nap or whatever is the right thing to do, which is never instafacetok for 2 hours.

Re:Ask HN: Show me your half baked project on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:51PM (#25706477)
Working on a tree planting, earth saving, bio link tool :), have a few signups but need to rewrite the edit flow and a thousand other things on my todo.

Frontpage https://maelt.co

Profile page https://maelt.co/anda

Re:Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2020? on Monday December 07, 2020 @02:22PM (#25335998)
I needed it myself, and the other pieces of sw did not work proper, then spent 3 years of spending a few hours every evening promoting it, posting it to forums, etc. (And a little time prorgramming, but promoting it took waaay more time)
Re:Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2020? on Saturday December 05, 2020 @02:26PM (#25317499)
It was more work 5 years ago, doing 5-6-7k$

These days it is a few minutes a few times a week, doing support.

Re:Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2020? on Saturday December 05, 2020 @02:00PM (#25317254)
I made a watermarking software 10 years ago, still makes 1000$ every month, with almost zero work.

http://watermark-image.com

:)

Re:Ask HN: How to develop a growth mindset? on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @08:46AM (#23613127)
Growth mindset is there is always enough.

Scarcity is there is never enough.

Both is a mind-set.

So to change, you need to change your mindset.

The best way to do that, has for me been through the Arbinger mindset change tools, start with their books, i can recommend “The outward mindset” and take it from there.

Re:Ask HN: Name one idea that changed your life on Thursday May 07, 2020 @02:54AM (#23100419)
That our responses and our negative relational feelings are based on out own choice - Nobody makes me feel angry, victimized, as a failure - it is always my choice to feel those feelings.

It is not always i am able to choose not to feel it, but i always know i am feeling it because of my own choosing.

Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? on Thursday February 06, 2020 @02:42PM (#22259542)
The anatomy of peace helped me focus on others instead of myself, I can highly recommend it!
Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade? on Sunday December 29, 2019 @02:49AM (#21904686)
The Anatomy of Peace, it has the power to change your mindset, it has helped me and others getting out of being stuck, reconnecting me with a more true purpose and helped me be a better programmer, father and friend.

Of course it is hard work, but the underlying principle it teaches is so powerful, that as long as I keep practicing that, i seem to improve in all the important areas of my life.

Re:Ask HN: How to keep yourself accountable? on Friday September 20, 2019 @09:27AM (#21026418)
This might sound like a strange advice, but i have had you problem and found a way of being in my advice that has helped me in practicing to have high standard even in my own work.

It all started with reading the book called “The anatomy of peace”, and then reading the two other books from the same author, this helped me a lot and I then went all-in and took their coaching education, and now i am much less stuck and helping others get unstuck at the same time :)

Re:Ask HN: What things do you wish you discovered earlier? on Monday September 09, 2019 @03:27PM (#20921455)
The anatomy of peace, helped stop being stuck and make a turnaround on my mindset and my life.
This book https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Peace-Resolving-Heart-Conflic... changed how i look at changing myself and personal development in general, it might help you see things differently.

If it does, I can recommend seeking out an Arbinger trained coach to help you dive deeper into the material.

(Ps. I am super biased being such a coach myself, i took the training to get more self esteem, it worked, and now i want to pass it on to others)

Re:Ask HN: How do you stay disciplined in the long run? on Monday April 29, 2019 @02:35PM (#19781220)
You are stuck, find an arbinger coach, they can help you get unstuck.

Worked for me :)

I read the book “The anatomy of peace” 16 months ago, and it has impacted my life in more ways than I ever would have thought possible.

It helped me understand how I created all the trouble I have experienced in my life, why I never became “succesful” and why I had felt so stuck most of my life.

I now understand how my mindset, how I see the person in front of me, either as a person or as an object, has a greater impact on my results than anything else.

Even on my abillity to be unstuck, to change my mind, to moce fast and break things.

10/10 would recommend it to anyone.

I would recommend these two books that will give you the people and communication skills that is paramount to suceed as a manager.

It is those books I have learned most from and helped me the most.

Leadership and Self Deception And Crucial Comversations

Re:Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018? on Sunday December 23, 2018 @06:15AM (#18745514)
“The Anatomy of Peace” because it has helped me to get unstuck and start living life and feel free.

For two years I have been stuck in growing my business, now I am free to grow it as much as I want.

Re:Ask HN: What's the hardest problem you've ever solved? on Sunday November 18, 2018 @04:25AM (#18479526)
My being stuck in moving forward with those areas of my life that are really important.
Re:Ask HN: Am I just a wantrepreneur? on Sunday October 21, 2018 @04:35PM (#18270066)
For whom do you want to be an entrepreneur, what is your mindset?

If it is for yourself, then it will be hard.

If it is for the possible customer, then it might be a little bit easier.

Read “Leadership an Self Deception” for help in changing your mindset.

Re:Ask HN: Why did your startup fail and what did you learn? on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:50AM (#18012794)
I got stuck.

The more important a project is to me, the more stuck I get.

When I am stuck I do not do sales, I do not talk to mentors, I feel sorry for myself, i procrastinate.

If you have tried to build a business and failed then read “The Anatomy of Peace” or “Leadership and Self Deception” same writer, same message.

If you have build a business and want to do it even better, then “Principles” by Ray Dalio

Both are about mindset and worldview - something I am learning now is much more important in tools and marketing hacks and knowing what to do in every situation.

Re:Ask HN: What books do you recommend reading once a year? on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @06:09PM (#17822687)
The Anatomy of Peace

Leadership and Self Deception

Crucial Conversations

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