I’m a big fan of Gary V., particularly his message. But don’t like how some people try to copy him and other succesful peole 1:1. You might get better at some things copying people, but it isn’t really the best thing you can do. The best asset you have is being yourself. I learned this … Read more
2018 was the second year of daily meditation practice. It was the year I was able to get out of the dark hole, and things started to get finally a little easier. It was a year where I accomplished great things professionally at my job, but had to sacrifice a lot of free time in … Read more
This post was inspired after listening Tai Lopez talk about how most people are delusional or over-confident, what he calls the American-Idol syndome. The problem of course is that when people are over-confident they don’t listen, don’t learn. He names Michael Jordans coach Dean Smith who said that he never met somebody more teachable than … Read more
When having problems with latency the first advice is to check the distance of the server and issues with your Internet Service Provider. But there is something that might cause you problems if you have a slow Internet connection, bandwidth (BW) usage. To illustrate how BW usage can cause a rise in latency lets take … Read more
Even though optimistic people live more successful lives, pessimism has its place in the short term. Pessimism can support the realism we so often need. Confused? Think about a pilot, for instance, you’d rather have him an upbeat outlook at security or a mercilessly realistic one? Let’s call it practical pessimism because it serves us … Read more
Do you remember how you felt as a kid playing your favorite games? I do, and for me, it is like one of the best feelings I’ve experienced in my life. Somehow I’ve to a great deal, unlearned the skill to enjoy games as I did back then. I have a much better PC now … Read more
In this video Eli the Computer Guy talks about something I’d love more people to understand. He explains that most people expect to get money out of their first business idea. But most people don’t see beyond that initial decision. We have to consider things like: – Will people be interested in my solution/service or … Read more
Normally I’m suspicious of list of steps to success because success is very hard to sum up like that. Even if you get it right, it’s likely to be misread by people. But these points come from a Software engineer which I admire for his deep insights. [video] Here are my personal comments on each … Read more
In this last year, I noticed my social media usage dropped roughly inversely proportional to my meditation practice. I found that very interesting. It wasn’t that I hadn’t heard or read about the harm of heavy social media usage, but I didn’t consider myself to be a heavy social media user at all. I think … Read more
In this talk, Justin Searls breaks down the basic process a programmer follows while coding. Suppose we have a big, very complex problem. So much complexity scares us, we feel overwhelmed. So it’s much better to not tackle all at once. Bottom-up programming Let’s break the problem down into its parts by asking, what do … Read more
This interview with Firas Zahabi popped into my feed casually, didn’t know him but I’m glad I watched it. Damn, he has a lot of wisdom. The main message he explains is that it’s consistency over intensity when it comes to training. I learned this in the last year from natural bodybuilding channels mostly. Here … Read more
I recently made a post about Daphne’s Ted Talk about how the brain benefits from video games. I loved that talk but Jane McGonigal’s talk is as good in a different or shall I say more epic way. The things she talks about are just brilliant, go watch the video after reading this. I’ll just … Read more
YouTube is another big learning place for me besides books. Today I casually watched this video and wrote down a quote which is very much how I think. So much so that I thought it worthy of a post. “When you’re faced with a decision that says this-or-that and you don’t like either choice, refuse … Read more
I’m into improving my brain through meditation, exercise, and nutrition. Now I found another great way to improve my brain, by playing video games. What? Yes! And a fun way it is. I’m sure fewer people would object to playing video games than to sit down and meditate, lol. This Talk from Daphne Bavelier gives a … Read more
I live in Paraguay where labor is cheap. Everywhere you see people performing work which could easily be automated or done more efficiently. That is what I noticed when I moved to Germany. There weren’t security guards in front of every medium to big business, not even in the banks. Sure, it is safer over … Read more
Today I felt very good in the morning, not that I usually don’t, but it may have something to do with this plant, Camellia sinensis. All the most consumed teas — white, green, oolong, and black — come from the leaves of the same plant, Camilla sinensis. We will focus on green tea because it is the least processed tea … Read more
The general way education works in our society is that we learn X amount of years and then we execute on the acquired knowledge. In many cases, this methodology is necessary. Doctors and pilots need to learn a lot of things before they start practicing. Buf often careers are only partially useful and applicable in … Read more
Let’s discuss the pro and cons of technical vs fundamental analysis. I’ll list the arguments made in the book Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets and add my own thoughts. Quotations from the book are marked in italics. What is technical analysis? Technical analysis is the study of market action, primarily through the use of charts, … Read more
In this talk to Nebraska students, Warren Buffet explains how we should think about designing our world. This is how he explained it in mostly his words. “Let’s assume it is 24 hs before you are born. And you get the great opportunity to design the world you are going to live in. You pick out … Read more
I’ve been guilty of only seeking positive feedback too. But I really have to change this bad habit and so should you. Don’t blame, blame Elon Musk. He thinks it is the most fundamental advice for every entrepreneur striving for big things. Elon thinks that setting up good corrective feedback loops is the biggest challenge in life … Read more