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Clarity comments on General-Purpose Questions Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: Sable 19 June 2016 07:29AM

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Comment author: Clarity 19 June 2016 10:01:53PM 2 points [-]

Who's advice have you found most valuable?

Comment author: Sable 20 June 2016 12:09:03AM *  7 points [-]

I don't know if this is what you meant, but here goes:

This is less a single piece of advice from someone than an attitude I've tried to adopt from places like LessWrong and CollegeInfoGeek.

  • Everything in your life is optimizable.
  • Doing better is less a matter of changing yourself than it is of implementing systems to help yourself overcome your failings.
Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 19 June 2016 10:22:54PM 1 point [-]

Advice from people that are not exactly friendly toward me. People who openly speak their mind how they perceive me. Even if it hurts I learned the most of their advice (or criticism).