“To know and not to do is not yet to know.” Zen Proverb…supposedly… The typical advice you’re gonna get from me, and from the world at large is: just shut up and do something. And this advice is good. I totally stand by it. I was there. I ordered the airstrike. I approve this message.…
Mental Tools
ShuHaRi: More Advice On How To Take Advice (Including Mine)
by khatzumoto
“Are the people I’m following going where I want to go?” Earl Nightingale “Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.” Socrates “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Alice in Wonderland. Yeah, we’ve covered…
The First World Problem is Choice, Or: Which Language Should I Learn?
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series The First World Problem is ChoiceLook closely at any of the problems people bring you (or you bring yourself) and you’ll see that at the core, what you’re stuck not between a rock and a hard place, but between a sofa and a beanbag. If…
The Dumbest Idea Ever
by khatzumoto
Learning certain languages as “prerequisites” for learning other languages. Dumb. FFS, this isn’t school. No one not high on laudanum would suggest you learn Latin and Greek (or even Italian and French) and Frisian before learning English so that learning English would be easier and your English “purer”. But somehow there’s an idea in the…
Don’t Feel. Measure.
by khatzumoto
When to think. When to feel. When to measure. When acting, don’t measure. Feel. Just wing it. When you’re speaking is not the time to be thinking. After acting — when tracking your progress — don’t feel. Measure. When you’re measuring is not the time to be feeling. Just get the data. When planning, don’t…
Dude. Do It. It’ll Work.
by khatzumoto
Dude. Got an idea? Do it. It’ll work. “But…But…” Jus’ dew it! “Waitaminute, Khatz: you’re handsome, not clairvoyant, how do you know it’ll work?” Because I just know, OK? It’ll work. And even if doesn’t work…it’ll work. Why? Because when you do, you become a doer, a tryer, a player. You become the kind of…