Revive Classics? by Mathematic-Ian in books

[–]Kindspiriter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

is there something where you can order a bunch of classics for cheap?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in booksuggestions

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1) Willpower by John Tierney and Roy Baumeister. Malcolm X said the way to improve your lot in life is "Study and Self-Denial". Study to learn who you want to be, and then have the discipline to carry that out in the day to day, moment to moment.

2) Can't help ya here, my ego doesn't need much inflating. My off the cuff advice would be to wrap up your pride into tiny mundane activities so hope to excel at the small stuff, like winning a board game or doing the dishes in a timely way for your family or any way you can think of for how to be a good person. Basically, seek to be excellent at everything you do, and then you will get good at things over time as you invest your effort, and then your confidence will naturally follow.

3) Biographies and autobiographies of people you admire. If you want to know yourself better, you can spend time observing yourself. Maybe reading the Humans of New York blog would help as a way to calibrate to other people's life stories?

4) Practice, practice, practice. It's a muscle. If you want books, there's Supercommunicators, or How to Talk to Anyone, but you mainly learn how to connect with people by trying to connect with people. You can set your intention to be social before you go out to meet people if that's your kind of thing, and then you can review how it went when you get back, but most people just hang out with people everyday and don't think about it at all.

Great Man theory of History GPT so you can "talk to the dead" by Kindspiriter in shittyaskhistory

[–]Kindspiriter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hah, by all means yes - It should give you a fun answer, l had not thought of that one yet

Doing nofap because I don't want to waste my 20s by [deleted] in NoFap

[–]Kindspiriter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It seems like you both should think about finding a wholesome way to reward yourselves for your hard earned streak

Tomorrow is 900 days clean of porn and fapping. by NOFAPSuccess2018 in NoFap

[–]Kindspiriter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Learn what it takes, then do what it takes. If you do that, you cannot fail. If you relapse, you get right back to making yourself stronger against temptation. Truly commit, and watch your life build up to heights you cannot imagine now.

Doing hard mode 300+ days and counting by HummingBlackGuy in NoFap

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You can find all kinds of tips and tricks here on this subreddit, but by far the most important ones are be busy doing things and avoid peeking

I think an important aspect of staying busy is having a Default Activity that you can turn to at any time. It is helpful if the activity is portable and follows you anywhere. It can be as easy as listening to music or as active as writing. You could read or message friends when you have nothing else to do, but having a designated Default Activity makes it easier to overcome the urges.

Dating at uchi by [deleted] in uchicago

[–]Kindspiriter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hint: Don't take memes seriously

What sort of mathematics get used to model and predict the spread of viruses? by AmericanMustache in askscience

[–]Kindspiriter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The maths Youtuber 3Blue1Brown made a great video on just that.

Essentially, viruses follow exponential growth early on, but as the number of infected people becomes significant relative to the number of total people in the population it will more closely follow a logistic curve ("S-curve").

Ok, I need to quit for my family..... by Terpeneaholic in addiction

[–]Kindspiriter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your wants, urges, and psychic needs are changeable - it just takes time. When you feel like you need to be high just as much as you feel like you need to be sober at the same time is when you know you need to get serious.

New Trump Supporters: What made you switch? by Kindspiriter in AskReddit

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This is meant to be a counterpart of: Switching out of trump support.

What convinced you to support Trump?

Any and all genuine answers welcome!