/improve/ - Self Improvement

>>1300

Material reading can be tricky. There will be trash here and there as we're not /lit/.

But we have to trust others.
Image related has a detailed list that an Annon provided on a thread a while back. If you got time to kill, click on the image, and read the descriptions

As time goes, the /SIG/ has had a couple of books recommended. I’ve done my best to try to get talks of the authors of such books so you can get a ‘piece’ before you commit.

Google a bit about the book, if you think you can get something out of it, watch the talk.
In my opinion, try getting the books “for free”.
If you read it and get something out of it, consider paying for the book.

>Michael Mauboussin, "The Success Equation”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JLfqBsX5Lc
>Quiet: The power of Introverts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0KYU2j0TM4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85s9wJlzkrk
>The Brain That Changes Itself - Norman Doidge
https://vimeo.com/14551296
>Antifragile - Nassim Taleb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4MhC5tcEv0
>One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way - Robert Maurer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWUDV6xJRPc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMQb5FJrop8
>Mentally Tough - James E. Loehr & Peter J. McLaughlin
>Practicing the Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

> http://pastebin.com/x7BbYimv
Reading material needs to be added/edited

The Way of The Seal
The Code of the Warrior - Rick Fields
The Story of Civilization - Will Durant
The Story of Philosophy - WIll Durant
Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein 1959 (actually has a lot of really powerful character building stuff in there)
Bravo Two Zero - Andy McNab
Immediate Action - ^
Seven Troop - ^

Also, Project Gutenberg has Thousands of free books.
You could do lot worse than browsing their top 100
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top

>>1300

>Freedom is having control of your life

You should at least have 3 hobbies/activities.
-One that will pay the bills, gets food on your table
-One that will keep you in shape. (lower you faggot)
-One that you're passionate about and might be able to develop into a career.
——–

If you're into lifting, taking the tips to better yourself should be simple; as you already have built some self-discipline.

Make peace with yourself and the way things are right now.
Stop thinking the world owes you, how destiny ‘fucked you over’, how those guys have it easier.
Accept things as they are, realize that life is cruel and your circumstances are the ones you were given. You can’t do shit about the starting point, but you can move forward.

Don’t focus in what was given to you, focus in what you’ll achieve.

Eliminate the things you dislike about yourself, about your life. Is as simple as, do you enjoy your job? No? Take steps to change the feeling.
How are you gonna make that? You either make your job more enjoyable, or you change jobs. Simple.
You want a girl? how do you plan to achieve that? Are you too socially inept? Work on that.
Are you piss poor and can’t afford a decent living? Work on that too.

No matter who you are, where you are in your life, or how fucked up you think you are.
You can improve your life. Take control. Move forward.
Dreams keeps us alive, fighting for them makes us feel alive.
About 5-7 years ago, I was a fucking train-wreck.
Right now, I'm doing fairly well.

Get some discipline, set some goals and a way to achieve them.
Cultivate yourself, learn stuff, get your shit together.

And realize, understand. None is coming to save you.
You got to make your way through.
You NEED to take CONTROL.

>>1300
If you're still in School. For fuck sake pay attention.

MORE than half of actually doing good in school is attending, the other half is paying attention in class. So then do it.
Or stop it altogether.
If you’re in college and you’re not feeling it, take a semester to think things through.
If you’re in high school, don’t think YOU NEED to enter college to be successful. There are other ways…
Google just started hiring people who never went to college.
WATCH this talk:
http://youtu.be/iG9CE55wbtY

Some learning resources, focusing in code since I’m an ‘IT’ guy:
>duolingo.com
First and foremost. Free language learning tool with a really robust app. THIS IS A MUST. Learning a new language will help you out no matter who you are.
>codeacademy.com
Teaches you the basics, from the ground up.
>codeschool.com/
Similar to codeacademy.
>youtube.com/user/thenewboston
Personal favorite. This guy step by step, learns a shit-ton of programing languages. Give this a check and start watching something you’re interested in.
>codeeval.com
This one I really like, once you get your shit going, it puts you ‘objectives’ to solve through code, last batch are really complex.
>coursera.org
It’s a really nice online-course platform. There are really good things here as well.
>openprocessing.org / processing.org / codepen.io
These sites display some really cool stuff, where you can also check the source code and modify it to see what happens.

As for career options.
Choose anything you want, If you want to go into Philosophy or Social studies, That's fucking great. As long as you’re passionate about it, you’ll find a way.
You can always become a teacher or a writer.

BUT BE FUCKING AWARE THAT YOU WILL HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING MONEY. Don't get a loan to study shit that will be expensive to repay.

Other than that, don't enter into something soulless just because 'I'll get money'.
You only got one fucking life, don’t waste it doing something you hate.

You must have a to-do list, it's pretty essential.
As for which, there are several options
Google Keep, Evernote or whatever suits you.

But currently I suggest you use:
https://habitrpg.com/
There’s even a /fit/ guild created to keep us in check.
https://habitrpg.com/#/options/groups/guilds/eeb30614-2936-4f1c-9713-117248d10149

It’s certainly geeky as fuck. But Gamification has been proven to work when applied to certain aspects of human psyche. Helps you stay in check and keeping your eyes on the trophy.

Stupid trivial things I used to do, I stopped once I placed them as ‘Bad habits’.
It also has a mobile app, while it’s a bit limited and on construction, it is free.

There are three main categories.
>Habits. These are things you do by impulse, not under a schedule. Can be good or bad.

+Go for a jog
+Sleep early/on time Sun-Thu
+Walk the dog
+Go for a ride
+Cook something new
+Go out and socialize
+Spend time at the shelter

-Smoke
-Drink soda
-Drink beers
-Eat Junk/Dirty bulk
-Stay up late Sun-Thu
-Fap [?]
-Play 1.5+ Hours vidya a day
-Shitpost

>Dailies are things you ALWAYS do. Every day or certain days of the week. Planned, they are only good.

+Lift (m - w - f)
+Eat your macros(daily)
+Buy Groceries (Sa)
+Read 30 min (daily)
+Practice the Guitar 30 Min(daily)
+Study Video Editing 40 Min (daily)
+Cook (We, Sa)
+Do your daily points in duolingo

>To-Do are, well, things you must do. You can have a checklist within one To-Do.

()Fix the shelf
()Go to the post office and send the package
()Buy the ticket to the concert
()Pay the landlord
()Organize my trip to the moon
—()Get the rocket tickets
—()Get the reservation for the moon Hostel
—()Buy some moonars to have some local money
—()Buy a map of moon city

Seeing the numbers go up (or health go down) is a weird sort of motivation. I can vouch for it. Give it a try, if you have no idea where to start, This is a good one.

Fill your bad habits, put the to-do’s and take it from there.

Also this should be added to the sticky or somewhere we can all see it as a start point.

>>1305
This thread is now a sticky.

>>1306
Thanks :^D made also a gist so we can all edit it and make it all
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/d6629fb40c630f15a579

There seems to be another mirror of the sticky here
http://4chanfit.wikia.com/wiki//sig/_sticky

>>1300

Fun Fact: the fat fuck who draw OP's comic its in the first level if not below it…

>>1302
>You should at least have 3 hobbies/activities.
I fucking hate HATE HATE arbitrary fucking shit like this. For people just starting out to better themselves arbitrary shit like that distracts them because it doesn't allow for them to see the big picture.

>>1304
Keep it simple. Open a word document and write down everything you can think of that you would like to achieve. Don't hold back and don't leave anything out however insignificant, that is key.

Separate those things into how long it would take to achieve. Most of what you want now can be achieved in less that 5 years. Srsly.

Then separate again it into 1 year, 5 year, and 10year/life intervals. After that, it'll be pretty fucking obvious what will be possible or not. Being an astronaut is probably a crapshoot at your age, admit it. Knock the things that are outright impossible out and what you have left should be a smaller amount of things that will still be able to keep you busy and within even them are what your heart most desires.

Research them INDIVIDUALLY and use the SMART method to plan for them. This TAKES REAL WORK. It sucks but if gives you insight into what it will take. The truth will probably hurt for some of you.

>smart method
http://topachievement.com/smart.html

What you will find is that if you're not a complete poorfag which is priority number 1 to escape if you are so most goals are very achievable unless you have

a) a confidence issue
b) a time conflict
c) procrastination

This will bring to the surface what you're problem is. If you really are a complete poorfag then that's priority number 1 to escape because without money you will have NOTHING in life. School may fit into this but you will have to weight the costs of loans and such against what you may get.

Trust me, if you just plan shit out, you will be enlightened a thousand fold because the path will be all the more clearer and you won't waste time on stupid shit because you know what to do. That is what being goal oriented is all about.

>>1303
>If you're still in School. For fuck sake pay attention.

This, and for fuck sake stay in School the longest you can and get the higher possible degree.

You can start a career and go back to school part time. That's what I did. But you shouldn't do that if you can avoid it and follow the standard path. Why?

It's really hard to do both work and school at the same time, and you will have fewer opportunities without a diploma.

Stay at school, and get your fucking PhD BEFORE starting your career.

>>1490
I work while going to school
yeah it's hard, but luckily I didn't have any friends to lose so I think I'll be able to do it.

>>1689
Exercised a bit more than I usually do because Friday, drinking water instead of pop, and now I'm 30% of the way to my AK

>>1304
Drinking beer and staying up late don't necessarily hold you back from being happy and achieving your goals. It depends. For example, if you're staying up late because you're enthusiastic about whatever it is you're doing, and if what you're doing is productive, you won't regret the sleep you lost. And social drinking is fun. If it's hurting you, you're doing it wrong.

>>1717
AK as in Autovmat Kalashnikova of year 1947?

just wanted to say thank you for this site:
www.bakadesuyo.com/

It has been incredible

>>1718
>For example, if you're staying up late because you're enthusiastic about whatever it is you're doing, and if what you're doing is productive, you won't regret the sleep you lost.
Does this also apply to people still in school?
I mean, won't getting insufficient amount of sleep castrate your ability to learn & memorize effectively?

>>1479
>smart method
It's good, but to be honest this works for me much better: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/08/how-to-set-goals-you-will-actually-achieve/

>>1689
i clean the spot where i put my shoes, and wash some shoes that i use constantly

i put more effort into reading the book im reading and was losing interest, but then i see this chan and i gain more motivation to do my things, i like it, i feel happy

>>1738
Yep.
Now I've bought it and will actually have it in around a week.