• arcine@jlai.lu
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    3 days ago

    If you did your best then it’s a 10/10 ! No one should be expected to do better than their best !

    Personally to motivate myself, I focus on raising the first derivative of my performance (in a mathematical sense).

    By which I mean : If I’m improving, I want to improve faster, or at least keep improving as fast. If I’m worsening, I want to slow down the worsening until I can turn it around.

    Don’t be hard on yourself for failing (or not quite succeeding) today. Life is a journey where all you can really know and choose is how to take the next few steps.

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      There’s a podcast I just love: Weirds of a Feather. The host says, "Don’t give 110%! They’re not paying you for that. Do 60%, and now you have something to work to.