[Architekt]

(07-13-2013 12:10 PM)Que enspastic Wrote:  

few people on this forum are truly average.

Almost everyone that uses this forum (except IRT and a few other trolls, of course) is here to improve themselves, or to help others do so. That puts everyone here above the self-centered, average "I don't need to work out/be healthy/improve myself in any way because I'm confident with who I am!" type people..

[Spirited]

jimukr104, you are being quite close-minded in your approach to language. Usability is obviously a factor when learning a language, but that isn't the only reason. First off, you actually become a more intelligent person because your brain is being rewired almost to understand a completely different language. The skills learnt there means you can pretty much learn anything (within reason) which is damn motivating. Also, you're exposing yourself to a completely different culture and way of life, which ultimately make you appreciate life more as a whole. Plus, it's well known that speaking to a girl in her mother tongue will drastically improve your chances with her (roosh wrote a blog post on this)

Peace

[Prophylaxis]

Your willingness to put yourself in uncomfortable and challenging situations in all aspects of life.

[Katatonic]

(07-13-2013 11:52 PM)Prophylaxis Wrote:  

Your willingness to put yourself in uncomfortable and challenging situations in all aspects of life.

It took me quite a long time to do this with regularity, but now it has become almost a fetish for me. A great question to ask yourselves is, have any of you accomplished anything you're proud of without doing this?

[Atilla]

If you’ve read a truly great book that has changed lives, don’t just put it away and let all the valuable information vanish from your memory the way the average reader will. Re-reading is what gets you into the mind of the author and allows you to truly sink in and understand what’s been written. Become an expert on that book.

A very wealthy man I know says he owes the foundation for his success to a particular book which he only began to understand upon the fourth reading and has now read over 20 times.

[Hades]

(07-14-2013 03:40 AM)Atilla Wrote:  

A very wealthy man I know says he owes the foundation for his success to a particular book which he only began to understand upon the fourth reading and has now read over 20 times.

Don't leave me hanging, man, what was the book?

[Atilla]

(07-14-2013 04:49 AM)Hades Wrote:  

Don't leave me hanging, man, what was the book?

How to Make Money in Stocks, Fourth Edition by William J. O'neil. This really illustrates my point that a book should be reread until you're sick of it. It's sold over a million copies, but the people who have taken the most from it know the book like the back of their hands.

My wealthy friend has read and reread many books on stock trading and attended seminars, though some successful traders have had success mainly by sticking with O'neil's CAN SLIM strategy and IBD paper. The whole CAN SLIM/IBD system is annoyingly self-promotional, but it's also produced many successful investors/traders, a few of which have been featured in Amy Smith's How to Make Money in Stocks Success Stories

Be very cautious if you’re going to do any trading/investing. If you’re a novice, you’re more likely to lose at least most of your money. My friend actually lost a ton of money as a newbie before he became successful.

Point is, reread the life-changing books until you’re an expert on them. You don’t really learn much the first time you read and it may even feel like memorization.

Maybe for you, that book you need to reread several times could be Day Bang, a college textbook, a biography, something sex-related, self-help, finance, Napoleon Hill, Robert Greene, or Mystery.

Be extra-productive. Load up your mp3 player with audiobooks (library) and podcasts (iTunes), and take advantage of all those free minutes because they add up big-time over the long run.