Hacker News with Generative AI: Personal Development

'Everything we were taught about success is wrong' (theguardian.com)
Made good life choices yet still feel dissatisfied? A life coach suggests an alternative way to look at our goals and aspirations to find more positive outcomes

Success, Life Coaching, Personal Development, Psychology

17 points by jethronethro 1 day ago | 8 comments

I am offering mentoring: In which I help you (dynomight.substack.com)
I am offering to act as a “mentor”, to you, in case that seems like something you’d find useful.

Mentoring, Career Advice, Personal Development

28 points by crescit_eundo 1 day ago | 47 comments

What I Learned (and Unlearned) Reading 10 Books on Nutrition (scotthyoung.com)
As I write this, I’m in the final stretch of the fourth month of my Foundations project.

Nutrition, Personal Development, Learning, Books, Health

7 points by paulpauper 3 days ago | 0 comments

I hated coding, but I learned to love it again (shilin.ca)
I quit my software job in October, two years ago. I was tired and extremely frustrated. Things that I used to enjoy in the past no longer satisfied me. Those things were mostly related to coding. But like any fire, I started as a slowly burning dumpster until I hit a critical point and exploded. And when it happened, I quit.

Coding, Personal Development, Career Change, Software

6 points by true_pk 3 days ago | 0 comments

It's Not Your Fault You're Behind in Life – A Software Engineer's Struggle [video] (youtube.com)

Software Engineering, Career Advice, Personal Development, Video

6 points by _venkatasg 7 days ago | 0 comments

The Tsunami of Burnout Few See (blogspot.com)
That's the problem with deploying play-acting as "solutions:" play-acting doesn't actually fix the problems at the source, it simply lets the problems run to failure.

Burnout, Work Culture, Personal Development, Mental Health

575 points by dxs 9 days ago | 328 comments

You can't optimize your way to being a good person (vox.com)
I am a recovering optimizer.

Ethics, Self-Improvement, Psychology, Personal Development

110 points by rntn 10 days ago | 165 comments

Ask HN: I'm 38 and I have just left my last startup. What should I do next? (ycombinator.com)
I'm 38 and I have just left my last startup. What should I do next?

Career Advice, Startups, Personal Development

11 points by drumnerd 15 days ago | 10 comments

10-Step Anti-Procrastination Checklist (2013) (lesswrong.com)
Despite recent strides in my productivity habits, I still catch myself procrastinating at work more often than I'd like.

Productivity, Self-Improvement, Time Management, Personal Development, Psychology

10 points by eamag 19 days ago | 4 comments

Reflecting on Life (pocoo.org)
Last year I decided that I want to share my most important learnings about engineering, teams and quite frankly personal mental health.

Engineering, Teams, Personal Development

10 points by Tomte 23 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Have you ever taken a career break or gap year to hack? (ycombinator.com)
Have any of you taken a career break or gap year just to hack on interesting projects?

Career Breaks, Programming, Personal Development, Software Development

104 points by dheera 26 days ago | 76 comments

Ask HN: Who has an interesting job? (ycombinator.com)
If your work brings you a sense of fulfillment, interest, or enjoyment I would love to hear more about it and what about your job allows you to feel this way.

Careers, Work, Job Satisfaction, Personal Development, Hacker News

36 points by nizbiz 34 days ago | 34 comments

Ask HN: How do I rebuild at 36yo after a checkered career of undiagnosed ADHD? (ycombinator.com)
After 36 years of spinning my wheels unfocused, scatterbrained, and anxious, I was finally and recently diagnosed with ADHD.

ADHD, Career Advice, Personal Development, Self-Improvement

46 points by poorinterview 38 days ago | 26 comments

The One Hundred Pages Strategy (thelampmagazine.com)
Almost nothing I have written in the last few years has given rise to more correspondence than a throwaway column about reading, in which I alluded to what I call the “hundred pages strategy.”

Reading, Writing, Strategy, Personal Development

3 points by samclemens 38 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: Nineteen Year Old Seeking Career Advice (ycombinator.com)
Hi everyone. I'm a second year in college and I'm really struggling with having a career vision for myself.

Career Advice, College, Personal Development

11 points by judiciously 41 days ago | 17 comments

Egoless Engineering (egoless.engineering)
Like many of you, I was raised in the background radiation of Calivinist thought. I expected little but redemptive hard labor, before presumably one day dying in a mine. I also read Hackers & Painters at an impressionable age and was kind of a jerk about it for a while. This talk is about how despite this, I got better.

Software Engineering, Personal Development, Philosophy

869 points by mcfunley 45 days ago | 298 comments

Haunted by my own projects (cassidoo.co)
I feel like my own side projects haunt me sometimes. I want to build new and shiny things, I buy domain names, I get 90% of the way there… and then eh. Time for something new and shiny again.

Side Projects, Personal Development, Motivation, Software Development

129 points by mooreds 51 days ago | 51 comments

How to raise children with grit (2019) (thedadtrain.com)
The concept of ‘grit’ has been popularised by psychologist and author, Angela Duckworth.

Parenting, Psychology, Personal Development

40 points by squircle 52 days ago | 28 comments

Ask HN: Which Books or Articles Do You Keep Rereading and Why? (ycombinator.com)
I'm curious to know which books or articles you find yourself revisiting time and again—because you don't want to forget the lessons they offer or because you discover something new with each reread.

Books, Articles, Learning, Personal Development, Recommendations

16 points by KabuseCha 52 days ago | 8 comments

Ask HN: Why isn't having two or three careers the norm? (ycombinator.com)
Wouldn't this allow you to maximize your happiness by taking into account what you learned as you try different careers?

Careers, Happiness, Work-Life Balance, Personal Development

20 points by amichail 52 days ago | 22 comments

How to Take Good Decisions? (ycombinator.com)
Hey everyone! I'm trying to get better at decision-making, both at work and in everyday life. Do you have any favorite books, articles, or courses that really helped you make better choices? I'd love any recommendations—whether it's practical tips, interesting frameworks, or just great reads. Thanks in advance!

Decision Making, Self Improvement, Personal Development, Productivity

18 points by rookie123 58 days ago | 20 comments

Underrated Ways to Change the World (experimental-history.com)
A lot of people would like to make the world better, but they don’t know how. This is a great tragedy.

Social Change, Personal Development, Impact

35 points by usrme 59 days ago | 15 comments

My Social Anxiety Cheatsheet for Mingling (adamgrant.info)

Social Anxiety, Mental Health, Personal Development, Life Hacks

130 points by hidelooktropic 66 days ago | 56 comments

Ask HN: What kind of personal software improved your life? (ycombinator.com)
Adding to the wonderful thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42079768<p>Wonder what kind of software do you use that has proven to improve your life for the better. Any price range counts.

Software, Productivity, Personal Development, Life Improvement, User Experience

11 points by kirso 69 days ago | 18 comments

Ask HN: What lectures have made a lasting impact on you? (ycombinator.com)
I just watched The Craft of Writing Effectively (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzMaLkCaM), and it really left a mark on me. It’s one of those talks that makes you see things differently – and it got me wondering what other lectures are out there that have had a lasting impact on people.

Writing, Education, Personal Development, Influence

12 points by tanaykarnik 70 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Hacking your brain after trauma and mental health crisis? (ycombinator.com)
This is very personal, and something I'm trying to figure out. I'm finding executive function hard to come by these days.

Mental Health, Personal Development, Trauma, Brain Science

22 points by gremlinsinc 86 days ago | 37 comments

I Went from Reading 40 Books a Year to Reading 0 (durmonski.com)
As we know only too well, reading books is considered the fundamental ingredient for moving from mental inferiority to inspiring intelligence. However, as a person who had been preaching book-reading for years, I recently shifted my trajectory from reading 40 books per year to finishing nearly 0. What caused this big step backward? Let’s find out…

Reading Habits, Personal Development, Self-Improvement

34 points by durmonski 93 days ago | 43 comments

Try to fix it one level deeper (matklad.github.io)
I had a productive day today! I did many different and unrelated things, but they all had the same unifying theme:

Productivity, Software Development, Personal Development

129 points by Smaug123 94 days ago | 61 comments

Why strength training? A programmer's perspective (fhur.me)
About four years ago I started strength training. A strict diet of barbells and kettlebells, averaging between 2-3 times per week. It was one of those decisions that changed my life for the better.

Fitness, Programming, Personal Development

86 points by fernandohur 109 days ago | 161 comments

Clever, Brave, Persistent (camhashemi.com)
I wonder: is there anything more predictive of success than being clever, brave, and persistent?

Success, Personal Development, Motivation

32 points by 1penny42cents 110 days ago | 18 comments