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“A nation is born stoic, and dies epicurean” – Will Durant A stoic believes in enduring hardship without complaint.  Epicurus believed that pleasure was the greatest good.  Stoics are people willing to sacrifice present pleasure for something better later. They are investors.   Epicureans live for now. They are consumers . They say you only live once.  Media is bombarding you with thousands of ads. They are trying to sell you something.  Luxury comes at a cost...of killing your hopes, your dreams, your ambitions. So toughen up a little bit. Be a stoic. Everybody wants, but not everybody toughens up to get the good life. You must toughen up.  Chief Tecumseh says:  Love your life. Perfect your life. Beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Resources: Why I read a book a day (and why you should too): the law of 33% | Tai Lopez | TEDx

Stop Saying "Sorry" And Say "Thank You" Instead Sorry for taking up all your time => Thank you for spending time with me I am sorry I am late => Thank you for waiting for me. I am sorry for talking so much => Thank you for listening. I am sorry you had to stay so late => Thank you so much for going beyond the call of duty. I am sorry you had to defend me => Thank you for your loyalty. Resources:  https://www.serenityzonetherapy.com/2019/03/10/stop-apologizing-start-thanking/ https://www.boredpanda.com/stop-saying-sorry-say-thank-you-comic-yao-xiao/ Please share your thoughts ... 

51:49 Rule The 51:49 rule means that whatever happens to you at every moment in life, You contribute to 51% (Major) External factors contribute the other 49%  (Minor) The 51 and 49 numbers are arbitrary. The numbers could’ve been 60:40, 75:25 or whatever. The point is one number is always higher than the other. One part has greater influence than the other. One part is more powerful than the other. One part actually determines your daily experience! The higher number means you’re 100% responsible for whatever is going on in your life. You’re ultimately accountable for all of the results in your life because you’ve created them. You’ve attracted them into your life. There are many outside influences and situations constantly testing your resolve and you don’t have to allow them to put you into a negative mentality. If they do, you have choice to erase them. "10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react."  ~ Stephen Covey P...

Fix the cause, not the symptom. Intent does not erase Impact. “Code is like humor. When you have to explain it, it’s bad.” ~ Cory House “Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.” ~ Linus Torvalds Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.” – Martin Fowler “First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.” – John Johnson "Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming: feedback is the treatment." ~  Kent Beck “When to use iterative development? You should use iterative development only on projects that you want to succeed.” – Martin Fowler “Java is to JavaScript what car is to Carpet.” ~ Chris Heilmann “Talk is cheap. Show me the code.”  ~ Linus Torvalds “Make it work, make it right, make it fast.” ~ Kent Beck “Simplicity is the soul of efficiency.” ~ Austin Freeman Your intent does not erase your impact. Your privilege...

TDD eradicates fear of change. As a developer, you shouldn't have to guess whether software is working correctly; You should be able to prove it at every step of the way. A test-driven development (TDD) process allows you to build testing into your daily routine. You can get instant feedback on the changes you are making which will increase your productivity, confidence and peace of mind. Definition: Test-driven development (TDD) is a software development process that relies on the repetition of a very short development cycle: requirements are turned into very specific test cases, then the software is improved so that the tests pass. This is opposed to software development that allows software to be added that is not proven to meet requirements. Cons of TDD: TDD will make you slow when the design is changing rapidly.  In TDD, emphasis is given to passing tests than design.  Passing tests is NEVER a key to good quality. Quality is made by design, not testing....

The theory of SOLID principles was introduced by Martin in his 2000 paper "Design Principles and Design Patterns". The SOLID acronym was introduced later by Michael Feathers. 1. Single responsibility principle A class should have only one reason to change Martin defines a responsibility as a reason to change, and concludes that a class or module should have one, and only one, reason to be changed (i.e. rewritten). "When designing our classes, we should aim to put related features together, so whenever they tend to change they change for the same reason. And we should try to separate features if they will change for different reasons." - Steve Fenton 2. Open-Closed Principle A module should be open for extension but closed for modification. Of all the principles of object oriented design, this is the most important. It means simply this: We should write our modules so that they can be extended, without requiring them to be modified. In other words, we w...

True Wealth is So Much More Than Money The majority of people think of the word ‘wealth’ in terms of finances only but this is a narrow view of what it means to be wealthy. Wealth consists of every area within one’s life — health, relationships, finances, time, so on and so forth. Different types of wealth: Financial / Material Wealth (Money) Social Wealth (Relationships) Time Wealth (Freedom) Physical Wealth (Health) Mental Wealth (Mindset) Spiritual Wealth (Satisfaction) The majority of people chase money and status at the expense of freedom and health. In the short term, this “works” somewhat to the favor of the individual but in the long term, it produces nasty consequences. Be careful of the system which tempt you in with financial / material wealth (money) but rob you of all other types of wealth (Freedom, Health etc.) What do you think about this ?