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Jan 23, 2017
The Mindful GeekRating: 7⁄10 Read: 2015.12.17 Michael Taft explains the benefits of mindfulness and meditation based on more science than religion. Weekly 5 times 10-30 minutes meditation has its effect in very short time (weeks) If you feel stressed Straight spines (almost) straight chin Flex then release the tension in the muscles, focus on limped parts Write down why do you meditate, weekly and monthly Meditation means focusing on feelings, not exact physical bodyparts During waiting times, try to focus on one thing Always accept the momentary sensory feelings, do not fight against it If you accept it, in the long term the hurt will be less <-> relax the painful areas After enough training, the feelings of your sensations are so much deeper, that you can eliminate a lot of habitual, subconscious action The more you feel your own sensations, the better you can handle social situations, through experiencing the feelings of others Meditation improves focus and thus the chance of flow * Mind wandering increasing the effects of depression Focus always on the positive feelings, let go, but do not sweep out negatives Longer lifespan Better stress management Better social life 2 practice from the book:…
Jan 23, 2017
You Can Change Your PersonalityYesterday a post came upfront to Hacker News. To summarize: personality is extremely flexible and heavily depends on environmental and social constraints…
Jan 22, 2017
Deep WorkRating: 9⁄10 Read: 2016.01.27 Living in the 21st century means that more and more technology ventures try to capture our attention, to increase their revenue through clicking ads or watching videos.…
Jan 22, 2017
Millennials in the workplaceLast month, the web was burnt out after the video “Millennials in the Workplace”, by Simon Sinek. The recipe for success is unequivocal.…
Jan 22, 2017
So Good They Can't Ignore YouRating: 7.5⁄10 Read: 2014 I’ve written a short post about the idea, that searching for a passion is not rational, and it can lead to frustrated careers.…
Jan 22, 2017
The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsRating: 8⁄10 Read: 2016.01.27 Ben Horowitz is famous for being one of the main guy behind Netscape and the founder of one the best VC today, called Andreseen & Horowitz.…
Jan 21, 2017
Programming is terribleToday, the hype about programming is so enormous, that even the just resigned Barack Obama made supporting campaigns about it. Non-profits and for-profits creating headlines about why should you pursue this magical career, what are the life changes that you will experience if you omit some Hello World() to the screen.…
Jan 21, 2017
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ckRating: 7⁄10 Read: 2016.08.16 Mark Manson is a well-known blogger, with the tipically included headlines like “bestselling author” or “As seen on here and there”.…
Jan 20, 2017
So good they can't ignore youSteve Martin has a famous saying: “Be so good they can’t ignore you”. With the same title Cal Newport’ve written a book about career advices.…
Jan 19, 2017
AltruismIt looks like the role to give in selfness way inclined a little. The word altruism is getting familiar to more and more people, blogs, books appearing on the market, spreading the idea.…