more unsolicited advice

2016-09-15 14:49  rant    [permalink]

Make it look easy. Don't let any of the hard work you put in show. Hard work is what you put in onbeforehand, or need to afterwards just to keep up. So start early. Incredibly early, just because then you can still hide your beginners mistakes. Don't believe the crap the others are selling. They don't know. People that know won't just tell you. You could ask them, but in general they won't feel like telling you. Unless you can show you're determined to make it work. Resolve is currency, it buys you stuff. Just keep sure you buy the right stuff from the right people. People tell you to commit, but sometimes you need to let go, especially when it's clear it's not right for you. Be sure to break cleanly though, if you part rough it might cause more trouble than it's worth. Sleep. Right before you get tired the part of the brain shuts down that picks up what's going wrong because you've been up for too long. Wrap up slowly, calm down, drink, eat, wash, then sleep, enough. There is no sleeping when you're dead. Anything looks much better with a fresh head. Don't fear change. Change make a difference, and that holds people down. Just learn about what is going to happen, whether you make a change or not. Use that to keep control, to stay ahead of things. This one is hard: don't get angry. If you get mad it's because it's not clear why it's wrong. Find that out first. Check if you're even sure what is it at all. Then instead of getting livid, attack the misunderstandings. There are always misunderstandings. Even perhaps with you yourself, be sure to check. That's about it. One more thing, tough: have fun. Not always, some things are really tough. But as much as possible: have fun.

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