On Time Etiquette
I came across an interesting quote the other day.
"The most surprising thing is that you wouldn’t let anyone steal your property, but you consistently let people steal your time, which is infinitely more valuable." - Seneca
By now we have already established that we should stop being a yes-man and treat time as a finite resource. But what about other people's time?
A couple of weeks ago, I scheduled a networking meeting with someone. They didn't show up to the meeting and later texted saying they didn't see my messages. I shrugged it off and rescheduled the meeting for another day. But they failed to show up again. As someone who learned the importance of time the hard way, this comes as disrespectful both professionally and personally. As per Seneca's quote, I let that person steal my time. There is no way, according to the laws of physics, I am getting back that time now.
Looking back on this experience, I want to emphasize that it's important to constantly reflect and respect other people's time.
Next time you are a little late to a meeting, keep in mind you cost them 900 seconds they will never get back.
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I came across an interesting quote the other day.
"The most surprising thing is that you wouldn’t let anyone steal your property, but you consistently let people steal your time, which is infinitely more valuable." - Seneca
By now we have already established that we should stop being a yes-man and treat time as a finite resource. But what about other people's time?
A couple of weeks ago, I scheduled a networking meeting with someone. They didn't show up to the meeting and later texted saying they didn't see my messages. I shrugged it off and rescheduled the meeting for another day. But they failed to show up again. As someone who learned the importance of time the hard way, this comes as disrespectful both professionally and personally. As per Seneca's quote, I let that person steal my time. There is no way, according to the laws of physics, I am getting back that time now.
Looking back on this experience, I want to emphasize that it's important to constantly reflect and respect other people's time.
Next time you are a little late to a meeting, keep in mind you cost them 900 seconds they will never get back.
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Sometimes it's important to take a moment and reflect on your life. Rise of social media made us robots who overconsume digital content on a constant basis that, in turn, put a constraint on our ability to contemplate about things around us.
If you are having lunch right now, put your phone down and think about how you spent the past week.
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If you are having lunch right now, put your phone down and think about how you spent the past week.
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Sleep is an important component of a healthy lifestyle. Never believe someone who says otherwise. People who say they are substituting sleep for work to be more productive are either lying or have a rare medical condition or they actually are and will bear its dire consequences in the future. I will do a more in-depth post about sleep in the near future.
If you want to take back your life, start with your sleep.
- Arianna Huffington
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If you want to take back your life, start with your sleep.
- Arianna Huffington
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On Friendships
As you grow older, the ratio of your time spent with your friends and parents will increase. Thus, it becomes important to take some time and evaluate your friendships as that will build one of the foundations of your future relationships.
I believe college is the most important place to form meaningful relationships early in your life. You never know, you might find your co-founder, significant other, or your best friend in college.
That's why try meeting new people everyday and watch out for people who share the same passion and value with you. You don't have to be in college for this.
When you do find people who are interesting, find ways to help them and don’t ask for anything in return.
But beware of people who always try to take advantage of you and cross them out from your life. They usually don't bring any value to the table and waste your time and energy like parasites.
All that being said, If you encountered a severe difficulty or problem in your day today, who are your friends you would contact? Contact them right now.
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As you grow older, the ratio of your time spent with your friends and parents will increase. Thus, it becomes important to take some time and evaluate your friendships as that will build one of the foundations of your future relationships.
I believe college is the most important place to form meaningful relationships early in your life. You never know, you might find your co-founder, significant other, or your best friend in college.
That's why try meeting new people everyday and watch out for people who share the same passion and value with you. You don't have to be in college for this.
When you do find people who are interesting, find ways to help them and don’t ask for anything in return.
But beware of people who always try to take advantage of you and cross them out from your life. They usually don't bring any value to the table and waste your time and energy like parasites.
All that being said, If you encountered a severe difficulty or problem in your day today, who are your friends you would contact? Contact them right now.
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“Besides, it is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit. But you cannot see that, if you are careless; for it will not come of its own accord.”
- Socrates
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On Reading Books
Reading books should be a part of your daily routine. Whether it's a novel or a course book, you should allocate time every day to peruse a few pages.
But it's important to not get in the trap of reading endless self-help/self-development books. You can only optimize your habits/day so much that at one point, marginal utility you get from that genre of books becomes minuscule. Instead, read memoirs, fiction, non-fiction, romance, academic, the list goes on. These books will improve your focus and critical thinking far better than any self-help books out there. They will also broaden your knowledge in a range of topics so you will be able to strike up a conversation with anyone you are interested.
As for myself, I just finished the semester, and started reading the Foundation by Isaac Asimov. I intend to read as many books as I can in the summer, and I suggest you do the same. Good luck random earth citizen.
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Reading books should be a part of your daily routine. Whether it's a novel or a course book, you should allocate time every day to peruse a few pages.
But it's important to not get in the trap of reading endless self-help/self-development books. You can only optimize your habits/day so much that at one point, marginal utility you get from that genre of books becomes minuscule. Instead, read memoirs, fiction, non-fiction, romance, academic, the list goes on. These books will improve your focus and critical thinking far better than any self-help books out there. They will also broaden your knowledge in a range of topics so you will be able to strike up a conversation with anyone you are interested.
As for myself, I just finished the semester, and started reading the Foundation by Isaac Asimov. I intend to read as many books as I can in the summer, and I suggest you do the same. Good luck random earth citizen.
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Sometimes you have to remind yourself of the causes you are fighting for.
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If you are not seeing gains in the gym, you are not eating/sleeping right. You could be doing Cbum's split routine, but no matter how much you try, you won't see results with a poor diet and 5 hours of sleep.
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Pink Floyd - Sheep
Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air
You better watch out
There may be dogs about
I've looked over Jordan, and I have seen
Things are not what they seem
Don't be sheep
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Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air
You better watch out
There may be dogs about
I've looked over Jordan, and I have seen
Things are not what they seem
Don't be sheep
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Purpose of Life
What is it, you want in life? Have you ever asked yourself why you wake up everyday and go to school or work 260 days a year? What is your purpose? Is it to get rich, or settle in with a family, or travel like a nomad? A close friend told me he wants to retire early and get a farm of his own far from the burden of city life.
If you don't have one yet, you need to sit and properly think about it. You don't need to have everything planned and figured out, but having an idea of what you want to do in the long term helps.
If you want to be in the 1% of the world population, you only need to be making around $35k a year ($PPP). If you want to be a nomad and spend the rest of your life traveling like a nomad, you need to create a game plan so that you'll be making income no matter where you are. If you want to be a billionaire, you need drop everything and work on things that help you in making your first billion. That would mean having no social life and shutting off from the world. Of course there is no one way to to be a billionaire and 99.99% of the time you don't even need to be a billionaire. You can have a work-life balance and still afford a comfortable lifestyle. It again comes down to your purpose.
Without an end goal, you will spend your life helping someone achieve their purpose in life.
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What is it, you want in life? Have you ever asked yourself why you wake up everyday and go to school or work 260 days a year? What is your purpose? Is it to get rich, or settle in with a family, or travel like a nomad? A close friend told me he wants to retire early and get a farm of his own far from the burden of city life.
If you don't have one yet, you need to sit and properly think about it. You don't need to have everything planned and figured out, but having an idea of what you want to do in the long term helps.
If you want to be in the 1% of the world population, you only need to be making around $35k a year ($PPP). If you want to be a nomad and spend the rest of your life traveling like a nomad, you need to create a game plan so that you'll be making income no matter where you are. If you want to be a billionaire, you need drop everything and work on things that help you in making your first billion. That would mean having no social life and shutting off from the world. Of course there is no one way to to be a billionaire and 99.99% of the time you don't even need to be a billionaire. You can have a work-life balance and still afford a comfortable lifestyle. It again comes down to your purpose.
Without an end goal, you will spend your life helping someone achieve their purpose in life.
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Stop doing 100 things at a time and focus on things that matter. You will get overwhelmed and end up learning nothing. Being a mediocre jack of all trades will make you as good as the large language models out there. If you don't have anything exceptional to offer, you'll be replaced by your corporate overlords as soon as the next ChatGPT comes out.
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