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Comment · 5 years ago
The Slight Edge is an amazing book about an amazing concept. Dramatic change happens one percent at a time at a consistent cadence.

Also great chapter in The Psychology of Money about Warren Buffet. He's been investing since he was a child and is now in his 90s -- He's been compounding returns on a longer timeframe then anyone else alive.

Comment · 5 years ago
This.. is a fine answer if asked in the context of an interview.
Comment · 5 years ago
I resent doing other people's work for them, I don't resent helping them when they can no longer help themselves.

Interrupt me after you've tried as many ways as you can to solve the issue, and present them to me so either I can determine the remaining set you haven't tried or we can brainstorm. It shows initiative and thoughtfulness and creates a starting point for our solutioning.

Comment · 5 years ago
whoops
Comment · 5 years ago
Look up Gabor Mate
Comment · 5 years ago
Sugar is one of the hardest addictions to kick. I've kicked cocaine and alcohol too.. sugar was by far the hardest physically. It's also hard to stay sober because it's so accessible in foods and accepted by society.
Comment · 5 years ago
The argument the author is making is that addiction is an outlier. Many many many people drink, snort cocaine, smoke cigarettes and in the author's case, use heroin, and never develop addiction.

I can understand why this infuriates people who've seen or known people who've died from an addiction but it's important for people to understand that alcohol, drugs, gambling, facebook, the internet, shopping, and everything that can turn into an addiction are not the problem. The problem is deep emotional pain from traumatic experiences.

Comment · 5 years ago
Addiction engenders unresolved trauma. Can be drugs, shopping, sex, internet, or anything that gives you a temporary sense of relief from a deep underlying pain that usually forms in childhood.

Check out the work of Gabor Mate. It's silly how simple it is. It's silly how misunderstood it is.

Comment · 5 years ago
Exactly 4 fewer pgs
Comment · 5 years ago
Snoop dogg is as pop culture as Martha Stewart and Larry King and has been for awhile
Comment · 5 years ago
Free speech is a lot harder to defend when you disagree with what's said. It's relinquished by moralistic rationalizations and righteous condemnations... Be careful what you wish for.
Comment · 6 years ago
You're last comment was

`I'd go and get it ASAP, so I resume my life. Anti-vaxxers can isolate themselves forever :)`

You got an honest response to an honest comment ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Comment · 6 years ago
First two words are right. Rest is a misrepresentation of OP

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