vesky
Joined 14 years ago
Joined 14 years ago
Stop assuming the worst of others as the default. Unless of course you're doing it in bad faith.
I think the worst part of modernity is the over-promise of happiness and a good life through the constant bombardment of marketing. We grow up believing that we're supposed to be always happy and when we're not, we're told that the problem is us.
I have a young daughter and I will always try to keep her grounded about the harships of life and make her see beauty in the struggle for improvement and selflesness. Life is hard, but hard things are worth tackling. There's beauty in the struggle if you seek it. I think it's easier if you know when to zoom in on the day-to-day and when to pan out on the past decade and hope for the next one. Switch between them regularly.
I've also read Adler's "How to Read a Book" and I don't think it's as useful as you make it out to be. Annotating is good but nowadays you can take notes easily on your phone which I found myself doing for each book I read/listen to. Also one of the advice you find in your example is how truly reading a book means reading it more than once. He mentions that the first read should be superficial and fast in order to prepare you for the second, more thorough read.
You should share it with the guys at -> http://www.reddit.com/r/figurines
My advice would be to look at the positive side of this. Watch carefully what works and what doesn't work in your competitors product.
See what problems they face and fix them through your own service. That way, when you release your product, even if it's a few months after, you're going to have all the problems they have fixed.
Long story short, you could use their product as your own "alpha testing" so you can make your own better than theirs. Hope it helps. Good luck!
[1] - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/592344/determined-b...