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Re:Decision Making Is Emotional on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @11:51AM (#36682721)
Reframing my relationship with emotions has radically changed my life.

This essay discusses:

- reasons to avoid 'emotional looping' - the vital importance of 'feeling the feels' - why making 'unemotional' decisions is impossible

Re:The Operating Manual for Your Nervous System on Friday February 24, 2023 @04:13PM (#34930218)
understanding the difference between 'top-down' vs. 'bottom-up' protocols feels like an essential distinction to make!
Re:Looking good vs. Feeling good: My true story about success on Saturday May 15, 2021 @08:59AM (#27164793)
Powerful words: "Because in that picture above I’m dead. And I’d rather be alive with the measly results you get because that’s what the human experience happens to contain. And when you know what you’re feeling because you’ve learned to notice, most of these “bad” emotions aren’t even that bad."
Re:Why you should move your startup to a small fishing town on Monday December 08, 2014 @07:40AM (#8716125)
We built the v1.0 of our startup from Taghazout (we lived there for 10 months) so it's definitely possible ;)

10 things we believe after 1000 days of building our startup

Posted by jonnym1ller on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @11:15AM
from the self-post dept.

#1 Don’t Let Inexperience Hold You Back #2 Be Tenacious and Creative #3 Being a Startup Founder is not for the Faint-Hearted #4 Be Like a Cockroach, but don’t eat them (thanks PG) #5 Build a Company you Wouldn’t Ever Want to Sell #6 Let Your Community Share Your Mission #7 Lean Into Uncertainty #8 Do Things the Long Hard Stupid Way #9 Give Back and Expect Nothing in Return #10 Life Should be...

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Re:Fotopedia is shutting down on Friday August 01, 2014 @04:01PM (#8122471)
This is really sad news to hear, especially after having put 6+ years into building the photo-encyclopedia and community of storytellers. But there are still other great storytelling platforms out there to give a home for Fotopedia's orphaned stories! Exposure.so focuses on photo narratives Cowbird.com is a great place for personal stories (and is funded by their community), Storehouse is good for visual storytelling on the iPad, and also the visual storytelling platform Maptia (full disclosure I'm a co-founder) at http://maptia.com – our team is already working hard to get a special import feature ready for Fotopedia storytellers – please email us at [email protected] if you're interested in joining our community and would like to use our import feature to preserve your stories!
Re:Ask HN: Is there any VCs or Angel Investors in Morocco I can pitch ... on Sunday December 01, 2013 @04:59AM (#6826750)
For sure... feel free to drop me an email at jonny[at]maptia.com
Re:Stories and Illustrations from 10 of Earth’s Most Remarkable Places on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @07:38AM (#6724796)
They say that high expectations make for poor travel companions, and visiting the world famous Wonders of the World, there will always be a fear that they will not live up to the hype—yet these stories were refreshingly devoid of cliches or tourist-induced cynicism.

What I loved most about the Wonders reading list (aside from the delightfully whimsy illustrations) was simply how diverse the perspectives from each World Heritage site were... it's funny how individual perceptions shape people's experience of places. Eg. if you're passionate about photography, archaeology, history or just trying to pick up 'that girl' at the Taj Mahal—it totally changes how you experience that place and therefore the story that you decide to tell afterwards.

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