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So, there are a few books that I think all indie game developers should read that really have nothing to do with game development. However, they will help you understand habit and discipline. Really, everyone should read these books.
[Grit] (https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487005711&sr=8-1&keywords=Grit), by Dr. Angela Duckworth, Phd.
Mindset, by Dr. Carol Dweck, Phd.
The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg
The ideas in these books and research behind them are very powerful.
* Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
The book is about the subject of deliberate training and explains how spending a long time on specific kinds of training develops your skills. Not a research paper, and the tone of book is casual. Many pages are about the author and people around her, and those explained the motivation of studies about the subject and added real life examples to apply those studies, for example, to parenting. In general, the book is hopeful to motivate you to start training towords your goal.
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Another book is about the subject of deliberate training. I recommend you to read this book after Grit. This book is more like a research paper. The tone of this book is drier than Grit but the book contains the details of the studies and advises you how, when and how much you should practice.
Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff
This book is about activism: love the world and do something instead of preaching gods. Although it is categorized as a Christian book and it certainly mentions god a lot, the message of the book is having the faith in people and the world. One of good things about this book is that the author started out as an ordinary person, who did not have his calling in his teen and was not found by a millionair to assist his business. His life story seems to be much more familiar to me compared to other famous people. Unexpectedly, the story includes the life of an inventor of popular products, and the book served me as his little biography too.
Everything at a top level is ridiculous effort than talent. Everything.
Talented people are born dime a dozen, but only the hard working prevail.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Grit-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108
I'm assuming you read grit,
For other people, highly recommend Grit: The Power of Passion and Perserverance. Professor of psychology at UPenn describes her research on "grit" and how it predicts success and expertise.
On violin: this OG Frank Yang video is fantastic
Great quote
Grit
When I interview candidates, it's of the utmost importance. The best employees I've hired are never the most talented. Give me a coach-able employee with persistence and good things will happen. I actually have them rank persistence, talent and knowledge then tell me why they put them in that particular order. How they answer that question is usually the deciding factor between candidates.
I have a copy and waiting to read it after finishing another great book on getting good at stuff.
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Duckworth dives into the common traits of people who excel in their field or hobby. She agrees on the point that time invested is crucial, but also the components of how to continue improving. The problem is many people get excited about learning/trying something new, but quit after a short period. Or others who only see the top performing people and think they could never get to be like that when really those top performers just did behaviors anyone can do over a long period of time and with good feedback and a specific set of behaviors to continuously improve.
And the truth is, very few people will be the best at something. For most people, just being better than average is an accomplishment.
Hey Doctor B86 thanks for reading! Will check out the book :) The idea of leaving social media is to out yourself in an uncomfortable position - to see how much you can tolerate the "pain" of going without something that is of convenience. I define grit as one's ability to endure these pains. After all, anyone who is successful at anything as you say requires that perseverance, and perseverance goes hand in hand with going out of your comfort zone.
Edit: NON-AFFILIATE LINK TO THE BOOK
I know this doesn't directly address your questions, but I think that this information might be more useful, since you're thinking about your "parenting" skill.
First of all, I don't think you should be on a subreddit where people share stories about parents for actual parenting advice. Parenting styles, and their effects, is an active field of research and there are some evidence-based resources. In particular, I would recommend the Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self Control. If you don't want to read the whole thing, skip to the last chapter for steps to implement these practices. A great counterpoint to Amy Chua is Angela Duckworth, who is also Chinese-American, raised by strict immigrant parents. In particular, Duckworth is a psychologist who has studied resilience in children, so she is actually qualified to comment on parenting from the perspective of a researcher, as well as a parent (in contrast, Chua is a lawyer). Some of Duckworth's early research is in the Marshmallow Test, but she also wrote Grit: the Power of Passion and Perseverence. If you're just interested in a very simplified description of parenting styles, here's a nice webpage from Vanderbilt University, but there are multiple sources online. I would recommend sticking to websites affiliated with universities and medical organizations for advice.
In particular, the American Psychological Association has written about "tiger" parenting:
> Tiger parenting is a little different than authoritarian parenting in that tiger parenting includes high levels of negative parenting (e.g., strict rules) and high levels of positive parenting (e.g., warmth and support)...
> Using samples of Hmong, Chinese, and Korean American parents all aimed at testing the new theory of “tiger parenting.” ... Overall, these studies showed that parenting in each of these cultures is a mix of power-assertive type parenting and supportive parenting. The purely power-assertive type of parenting described in Chua's book was not common.
In other words, Chua's self-described definition of "tiger" parenting is considered "purely power-assertive" and actually quite rare among Chinese Americans and Asian-Americans in general.
> Although there is a popular perception that the secret behind the academic success of Asian American children is the prevalence of “tiger moms” like Amy Chua, we found that children with tiger parents actually had a lower GPA than children with supportive parents. In fact, children with supportive parents show the highest GPA, the best socio-emotional adjustment, the least amount of alienation from parents, and the strongest sense of family obligation among the four parenting profiles. Thus, our findings debunk the myths about the merits of tiger parenting.
Is there some other field that you are more passionate about? For everything in life, it doesn't really matter how much natural born talent you have with something, but how much work you put into learning it. Yes you'll never be as good as the person with natural abilities, but they also didn't get there without a lot of hard work.
I recommend reading http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501111108/
In general I wouldn't worry. More specifically to your question, I enjoy "How I built this" from NPR very much - and I don't think it appeals to a certain personality type (at least not across different episodes).
Listen to it here:
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/national-public-radio/how-i-built-this
You might also enjoy reading this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108
It really helped me get my head around some things...
Good luck!
Give yourself permission to write complete trash without shame or embarrassment. And then make sure to repeat this on a regular basis. Do it deliberately! Mess up on purpose!
The contrasting approach would be to wait until all your ideas are perfectly formed in your head and then write down your perfection. But this is a more difficult and stressful approach.
> I literally just have not completed putting the thoughts together
Seems like this is you trying to finish the product before doing anything. That's a bit backwards don't you think? Writing complete trash over and over is the process with which the ideas are vetted and organized, is it not? Once you have the non-complete thought, that's enough to get you started. Going beyond that and trying to completely finish your ideas in your head is what will stop you from actually doing any writing. Remember the 80/20 rule? That last 20% will take much longer than the 80% of completion you've arrived at in your head.
Babies.
Babies can't walk or talk when they're born. But they spend years and years progressing from newb to expert, they are committed.
How come they can do that, for years, but you as an adult can't write a paper that doesn't take half as long? Because you fear doing a poor job, being embarrassed by such terrible work, feeling like a newb because your first stroke wasn't perfection, and whatever else.
Babies are comparatively gritty and persistent without fail because they haven't yet learned to fear all the things that adults do.
Babies make amazing progress because they have no shame. It's not until kindergarten they start slowing down - and they start progressing much slower because they see the negative reactions to their failures in adults who judge them without discouraging words, faces, actions when they mess up.
Like this:
> I still feel incredible shame thinking about it
For a baby, that would be water under the bridge. But for adult, that could wreck their entire world! Very interesting stuff.
Baby's have a hyper-growth mindset because they haven't been polluted by the slow world of adults.
So I'm hoping that talk about babies made the point of this reply more appealing. The advice is to pardon yourself of all shame and embarrassment and to fail early and often so that you can actually make progress instead of waiting until the very last minute only to crap your pants. Don't save your first draft for the last minute.
Note: None of these ideas are my own, I'm basically regurgitating what I learned in a part of this book called Grit. In addition to that book, I'd also recommend parts of the book called The Now Habit which has some great analogies and advice in it.
I think it's mutual mate although ikuto's more reserved personality i.e. he puts chiyuki on a pedestal and chiyuki being the more mature (mindset) will end up as the first to realize her feelings and give it a proper name
> Ikuto once again being the beacon of hope shining through the endless fog in Chiyuki's future.
I am delighted people are giving ikuto credit for helping chiyuki pick herself up when she'd feeling down but it goes both way a lot of ikuto's current success/growth is as a result of chiyuki in a direct/indirect manner and he gives her due credit
I made me feeling on her clear in the reply to your comment on the thread of previous chapter, I will quote parts of it me self to save people's time
> just as ikuto saved chiyuki, he was saved indirectly (this time) by chiyuki (and directly in the past. The problem is because the manga is focusing more on ikuto people seem to forget his original opportunity came as a result of chiyuki's inquisitiveness and drive. She created the situation that led ikuto to her father, who led him to yanagida, followed by kokoro, ayano and other. She opened up an entire world for him that he didn't have a shot at from outside on his own
> coincidence...luck is opportunity + preparation, ikuto was talented, had spent a lifetime making clothes so much so he plans it all out in his head but his talent would have gone unnoticed if chiyuki hadn't come into his life like a hurricane
ikuto's right about her being like the wind (of change/reassurance), chiyuki's best attributes is her personality...she is an inspiration to regular people (like that editor for the magazine) which is often overlooked by people who are too set in their with how the fashion industry works and reject her because her height. She'd be successful in any other field that doesn't require her to be tall because she's got all the qualities people value in the professional world - looks, extroversion, grit, confidence (and a healthy amount of narcissm) for ex. she'd kill it as presenter or a youtuber who earn a lot in the era of social media, fuck she'd kill it in a lot of fields
sure ikuto will get more screen time/page space (?), because he has more growth potential because chiyuki is an insider and more or less realized as a model (skills) with only her height holding her back
Grit and determination are mandatory to make it in this biz - not to get all weird and shit, but I found this book to be helpful. I'm 32, and I'm just hitting my stride (in terms of output, my shit still blows) and part of getting to a place where I can write 30-40 pages a week was by learning how to buckle down and fucking get shit done.
EDIT - There's no secret, you just gotta fucking crank pages. BUT I do find the Pomodoro method helpful where I write for 25 minutes, take a 5-minute break and repeat. Its nice because I spend those 5 minutes on reddit which I love :)
Have you read "Grit" by Angela Duckworth? Our administration gave each of us a copy during pre-planning and it explains why and how some people "make it" and most people don't, regardless of how smart they are.
probably talking about this type of thing
http://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108?ie=UTF8&colid=27ZLW0I8BUMZX&coliid=I3JLOQYQHQXWDR&ref_=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl
it's not just the Sheldrakes going way, way out there - it's also scientists from brand-name schools pushing small amounts of research (and pilot studies) significantly beyond what the data support - like so:
http://www.amazon.com/Presence-Bringing-Boldest-Biggest-Challenges/dp/0316256579?ie=UTF8&keywords=power%20pose&qid=1465485277&ref_=sr_1_1&s=books&sr=1-1
Perhaps one way to go is to keep that long term goal in mind, have some grit (you might like the book - grit ) and to start with, make your posts a mix of your own content, reposts and perhaps a quote? What niche are you in? The other thing is - what hashtags are you using? I'd suggest going with smaller, long tail hashtags eg if you were selling athleticwear, it could be #athleticwear(insertyourcity/country/something else appropriate here) as against #fashion.
Give yourself some time, and now could be good to work out who is in your tribe - who is your follower, who are the people who will champion you, who you look up to and can reach out to, and what you can do to reach those people.
Now is a great time to work out what your own personal hashtag might be, and to start using that too.I started an IG account about a year ago, and whilst others might be all - that's a *tiny* amount of followers (around 1000) - it's exactly the niche that I want (chefs and ceramicists), so I'm happy, and going to continue.
I hope that helps.
Read this book: Grit by Angela Duckworth. The idea is that long term passion and perseverance are what make up grit, and grit is the one quality that is present among most successful people – not talent. You might be inspired to find your own project and be gritty about it.
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If you like the word Grit, you should check out the book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
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Grit: the Power of Passion and Perserverence
I can fully reccomend this book: https://www.amazon.de/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108
It sort of touches on what you're talking about. And it's very popular at the moment, so everybody should read it, anyways.
If you're struggling academically, this book in college after I had never studied for anything in school and thus not built any learning skils or habits: https://www.amazon.de/How-Become-Straight-Student-Unconventional/dp/0767922719/ref=sr_1_1?s=books-intl-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1504637962&sr=1-1&keywords=how+to+become+an+a-student
But there really are no easy fixes. I know it's a cliche, but it's true.
I read this book a couple months back and found it instructive in understanding most pursuits:
https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108/
Specific to your dilemma, I liked this insight the author gleaned from Warren Buffett (excerpted from another article):
http://jamesclear.com/buffett-focus
TL;DR Make a list of 25 things you want to pursue. Then rank them and eliminate all but the top five. Only pursue those things, and pursue them doggedly. Reassess as needed. :)
Been looking into this kind of thing lately myself and talking to a few people about a bunch of stuff and one of the things they're talking about that really stuck out to me was the impact that "grit" had on success. Call it whatever you want; perseverence, resilience, grit, or whatever. Lots of scientific studies going on about it.
http://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450765581&sr=1-1&keywords=grit
You need to combine that with taking good care of yourself though. Sleep well, drink lots of water, eat well, exercise, lift some weights. That helps give you the energy and stamina to keep going.
https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108 I can vouch for grit. The writer is a psychologist or something and it's super interesting.
Also outliers by Malcolm gladwell is one if the more popular books on the subject.
Join the club, man. I'm good at a few things, but greatness is something that's earned through lots of time and work towards a very specific goal. I wouldn't consider myself great at many things either.
You should look into the following books:
https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108
http://gladwell.com/outliers/the-10000-hour-rule/
Maybe this will help guide you along to achieving any sort of greatness in a particular area.
I agree with your mindset but I guess it all comes down to self-awareness. Everything is relative really. In my shoes though, I believe one needs passion + perseverance in order to succeed. (Also, I'm not sure if you have had any programming experience but assuming you haven't sat down for at least 10 hours and practiced, you'll find out why you need a bit of passion if you try, lol :P) Check out the book Grit for more info on this subject - https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108