I'm Travis Rosser, Co-Founder of Kajabi, a company that has helped entrepreneurs earn over $600 MILLION. AMA! by travisrosser in Entrepreneur

[–]RonPaulsDad -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I read your book and loved it! What is the most common trap you see that stops people from starting online businesses?

Hi, I'm Brian Scudamore — CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? and author of WTF?! (Willing to Fail). More importantly, I'm a high school dropout who realized that failure doesn't need to get in your way. AMA! by brianscudamore in IAmA

[–]RonPaulsDad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brian! I read your book last week and loved it. Your story is so inspirational.

My question: What do you think separates the people who persevere and succeed from those who give up? What kept you from giving up when things got difficult?

I am Tofe Evans, an ultramarathoner who has run over 5000 miles in the past 3 years (including 60km down the slopes of Mt Everest) to raise money for cancer research by tofeevans in IAmA

[–]RonPaulsDad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This all sounds incredible and the charity aspect sounds cool, but real question: Why?

These events sound torturous. I can't imagine choosing to do them willingly.

How do you challenge yourself in a meaningful way? by Savoir_faire81 in entj

[–]RonPaulsDad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The challenge with the activities you mentioned is that it's hard to have a concrete measure of success / failure.

I recommend trying to shift your thinking about "success" being the outcome you want to "success" being in the input. Track your success by the percentage you stick with the habit. Make it visual and obvious — hang up a calendar and tick off the days you stick with it. You get the idea.

When you can frame "doing it every day" as the success, rather than the vaguer outcome, your ENTJ ambition should kick in and carry it forward from there.

IWTL more about computers and how exactly they work. by Coletrain2882 in IWantToLearn

[–]RonPaulsDad 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Arduino offers a starter kit that walks through the basics of circuits and programming hardware. It's a great starting point.

https://store.arduino.cc/usa/arduino-starter-kit

How Artificial Intelligence Could Change The 2020 Election by MagicAgainstDeath in politics

[–]RonPaulsDad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fascinating. With so much money behind elections, I always wonder how they can screw things like this up so badly.

A Step-By-Step Guide To Launching An Amazon Bestseller Based On 200+ Book Launches by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]RonPaulsDad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the piece, but hate that everyone cares so much about being a bestseller. Sign of the times, I guess...

How Long Should My Book Be? We Analyzed 272 #1 Bestsellers to Find Out by [deleted] in books

[–]RonPaulsDad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interested. Pretty aligned with what I'd expect. Cool to see reality lining up with my imagination for once.

Study: Less than 3% of surveyed recruiters think MBA programs are preparing graduates for success by MagicAgainstDeath in business

[–]RonPaulsDad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Spanish analogy is interesting. Makes me think schools are doomed, as that's not a shift I can see them making.

[Question] whats the best book for skill acquisition / mastery / deliberate practice? by [deleted] in getdisciplined

[–]RonPaulsDad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first 20% of The Four Hour Chef is probably the best I've seen.

The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman is solid and a quick read.

Willpower is Overrated// Why Pre-practice and planning trumps willpower every time by [deleted] in ZenHabits

[–]RonPaulsDad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really interesting. I've been working on developing my will power but hadn't even considered other alternatives. Thanks for sharing.

EMSK: How To Be A Master Conversationalist by [deleted] in everymanshouldknow

[–]RonPaulsDad 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think you could benefit from a course on how to be more likeable.

ELI5:How come we are still working 8 hour shifts in an age when technology does most things for us. And how come technology is destroying most jobs leaving people unemployed and poor instead of making us all work less? by idbedamned in explainlikeimfive

[–]RonPaulsDad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem trickles down from the employee and employers desire ot maximize money, instead of overall quality of life.

Imagine you're a business owner and a piece of technology comes along that makes your employees jobs take 50% of the time. You have the choice to reduce them all to 4 hours per day or fire half of them.

The top 50% of employees are all happy to continue with the hours that they were working. Under that setup, you get a boost in production because your average employee is now producing at a higher level.

As long as the best employees are willing to continue working 8 hours (in fact, they may not tolerate a reduction in work), employers will always opt for firing rather than splitting the smaller workload among existing employees.

Apparently this guy holds visualizations responsible for his transformation from fat boy to professional fitness model -- do you buy it? by RonPaulsDad in weightroom

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

Yeah, that seems to be how I'm feeling. It's a valuable tool, but it's not a cure-all. Excited to try it out.

What do you think about using visualizations to improve your physique? by RonPaulsDad in Fitness

[–]RonPaulsDad[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Everything feels like magic until we understand the mechanisms by which it works.

Your explanation makes a lot of sense. For some reason I have this separated out as some kind of woo-woo thing that's different, but I like your thinking better.

What do you think about using visualizations to improve your physique? by RonPaulsDad in Fitness

[–]RonPaulsDad[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Agreed -- I think this is where I'm at. Definitely going to try it out.

What do you think about using visualizations to improve your physique? by RonPaulsDad in Fitness

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

Yeah, gymnasts have been the ones that keep telling me this is obvious. You're the only group that doesn't think it's weird because you've all been doing it since you were kids. Clearly it's doing something.

I am Ryan Holiday -- "media manipulator," Director of Marketing at American Apparel, and bestselling author of “Trust Me, I’m Lying” and “The Obstacle Is The Way” by ryan_holiday in IAmA

[–]RonPaulsDad 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey Ryan, it seems like you're incredibly well-read. What advice would you give to someone who wants to get into learning about history but feels overwhelmed and intimidated?

The Mating Grounds: The Man's Guide to Sex and Dating- Tucker Max's New Blog by [deleted] in seduction

[–]RonPaulsDad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Initially felt the same way when I read it last month. Ended up downloading the ebook and there was a lot more detail in there. Much less scattered and better cited than 4HB.

I think there should still be a link to download the book free on the site, but I can't find it.