What is your red flag(s) for entering overdrive?

Could you notice it/them and stop yourself?

Would that solve the issue?

Loved this quote from the book

“There is a contradiction here: If the prize for winning finite play is life, then the players are not properly alive. They are competing for life. Life, then, is not play, but the outcome of play. Finite players play to live; they do not live their playing. Life is therefore deserved, bestowed, possessed, won. It is not lived.” that was posted in this blog post recently https://www.youngmoney.co/p/infinite-games

For me the difference in what game you choose to play is a result of your mindset - are you seeing people you play with in life, or do you se objects/ obstacles that you have to win over.

That difference makes a huge difference in your behaviour, a person is treated with respect and love - an object is pushed, beaten, removed.

So, i ask myself, how would I like to treated, like a person or an object?

Being arrogant for 47~ish years, did nothing good for me.

Now I work hard on being friendly, curious and kind towards others.

As my grandfather lay dying in a hospital bed he said, "I wish I had been a nicer person".

I'm glad you figured this out with time to make adjustments and I hope that it brings you a smile in your final days.

I did lol @ Final Days. He's 47!

That's relating to GP's anecdote about his own grandfather's 'final days', who regretted not doing so - i.e. may GGP not have such regret when the time comes.

Sorry, I meant that he can be nice for years and then he can smile when those final days do come. I didn’t mean he’s in his final days. :)

It's a koan

It brings me nothing but good experiences already, and I for sure will smile at the end of my days here on earth knowing I at least for some time had a positive impact on others.

"In this world, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant." ― Elwood P. Dowd

Main (human) character from the movie “Harvey” starring Jimmy Stewart, 1950.

"Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened." ― Lawrence Durrell from the novel “Clea”, 1960.

“The anatomy of peace”, by the Arbinger institute.

It has helped me navigate conflicts better and I have become more succesful through better collaborations and stronger relationships.

For 12 years my windows watermarking software has been making >500$ a month (lately just barely)

https://www.watermark-image.com/

Have you considered upgrading to web based solution? New users from other platforms, especially considering mobile devices support.

Happy new year!

My goal for the next year is to do no mindless SoMe consumption, and instead create and market what i build, or relax or take a nap or whatever is the right thing to do, which is never instafacetok for 2 hours.

What is SoMe?

Social media.

Working on a tree planting, earth saving, bio link tool :), have a few signups but need to rewrite the edit flow and a thousand other things on my todo.

Frontpage https://maelt.co

Profile page https://maelt.co/anda

I made a watermarking software 10 years ago, still makes 1000$ every month, with almost zero work.

http://watermark-image.com

:)

Not bad. I see many people who mention a SaaS, books, a website, etc. and a lot of the time it doesn't look all that passive for the typically small amount of income it brings in. Nothing wrong with any of these things of course. They're just not really a passive income stream.

Of course, very few things are truly passive, especially things that have minimal risk to the original capital.

It was more work 5 years ago, doing 5-6-7k$

These days it is a few minutes a few times a week, doing support.

Very cool! How did you get started, knew there could be a market and finally reached your customers?

I needed it myself, and the other pieces of sw did not work proper, then spent 3 years of spending a few hours every evening promoting it, posting it to forums, etc. (And a little time prorgramming, but promoting it took waaay more time)

Growth mindset is there is always enough.

Scarcity is there is never enough.

Both is a mind-set.

So to change, you need to change your mindset.

The best way to do that, has for me been through the Arbinger mindset change tools, start with their books, i can recommend “The outward mindset” and take it from there.

That our responses and our negative relational feelings are based on out own choice - Nobody makes me feel angry, victimized, as a failure - it is always my choice to feel those feelings.

It is not always i am able to choose not to feel it, but i always know i am feeling it because of my own choosing.