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I agree, I think that a lot of the points seem to serve only to pad the article length and are not actionable for most people. - Surround yourself with great p
by parennoob 9y ago
I agree, I think that a lot of the points seem to serve only to pad the article length and are not actionable for most people.
- Surround yourself with great people
- Consider changing where you live
- Save money
- Look for ways to become more productive
- Figure out how to perform better in your job
- Think better
The authors could consider cutting out points that sound like platitudes that can be found in a standard self-help guide or magazine.
- logfromblammo 9y agoAnd maybe also avoid putting down the endemic "think positive" advice before proceeding to point 4, "apply positive psychology". That tripped my hypocrisy alarm, hard.
- BenjaminTodd 9y agoYeah, the difference is that "positive psychology" is scientific field, and they haven't discovered that "thinking positive" helps with being more successful. I changed the title of the sub-section.
- parennoob 9y agoThis is a good point, and why I didn't include the positive psychology point in my list – because it is a genuinely different thing.
- BenjaminTodd 9y agoI agree the titles sound obvious, but within each section we have lots of actionable advice (e.g. books to read about specific decision-making advice, the best tips we've found on how to save money, ideas for specific cities to move to), so I disagree these are not actionable for most people.