Comments for Beating Tolstoy http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com A blog on proactivity Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:47:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on from Rembrandt to Jack Daniels – doing vs. wanting to do by Relja Dereta http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/from-rembrandt-to-jack-daniels-doing-vs-wanting-to-do/#comment-105 Relja Dereta Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:47:32 +0000 http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/?p=107#comment-105 I'm so glad that you're going to Japan, and that this text was one of the reasons for that! :) Have a wonderful journey and drink one sake for my sake over there :) I’m so glad that you’re going to Japan, and that this text was one of the reasons for that! :) Have a wonderful journey and drink one sake for my sake over there :)

]]> Comment on from Rembrandt to Jack Daniels – doing vs. wanting to do by Bruna http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/from-rembrandt-to-jack-daniels-doing-vs-wanting-to-do/#comment-104 Bruna Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:50:16 +0000 http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/?p=107#comment-104 i had to read this motivation text again, it being a starting point of my japan :D and yes, it really was awesome that night in zagreb (and yes, no jack daniels for me since then) :D i had to read this motivation text again, it being a starting point of my japan :D and yes, it really was awesome that night in zagreb (and yes, no jack daniels for me since then) :D

]]> Comment on My choices and circumstances, part 1 – London bridge is falling down by BakaTuljan http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/my-choices-and-circumstances-part-1-my-fair-lady/#comment-103 BakaTuljan Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:45:48 +0000 http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/?p=210#comment-103 People are strange when you're a stranger, Faces look ugly when you're alone. Women seem wicked when you're unwanted, Streets are uneven when you're down. People are strange when you’re a stranger,
Faces look ugly when you’re alone.
Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted,
Streets are uneven when you’re down.

]]> Comment on My choices and circumstances, part 1 – London bridge is falling down by NBAHA http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/my-choices-and-circumstances-part-1-my-fair-lady/#comment-102 NBAHA Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:42:46 +0000 http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/?p=210#comment-102 awwwwwwwwwww I heard it live but it's still exciting to read ^^ i feel inspired today and this was a bust up from about 10 to 20% :D awwwwwwwwwww
I heard it live
but it’s still exciting to read ^^
i feel inspired today
and this was a bust up from about 10 to 20% :D

]]> Comment on Spotting my internet hypocrisy by TheSentinel http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/spotting-my-internet-hypocrisy/#comment-100 TheSentinel Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:08:06 +0000 http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/?p=208#comment-100 There is only so much design you can go for with a blog ;) There is only so much design you can go for with a blog ;)

]]> Comment on Wrestling with intents – Why you want to check your email right now by NBAHA87 http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/wrestling-with-intents-%e2%80%93-why-you-want-to-check-your-email-right-now/#comment-99 NBAHA87 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:52:35 +0000 http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-99 maybe I'm an outsider bcs I don't have anything interesting in my email..and 3 days ago 20+ mailes waited 4 me... most of them free newspapers :) but like distractions came suddenly the same thing happened with some strike of creative thoughts... look @ my status on fb :D there is only one explanation for this subject "what to do...really.." -character made of steel :D p.s. u r nuts cuz u think of nuts behind u maybe I’m an outsider bcs I don’t have anything interesting in my email..and 3 days ago 20+ mailes waited 4 me… most of them free newspapers :)

but like distractions came suddenly the same thing happened with some strike of creative thoughts… look @ my status on fb :D

there is only one explanation for this subject “what to do…really..” -character made of steel :D
p.s. u r nuts cuz u think of nuts behind u

]]> Comment on Wrestling with intents – Why you want to check your email right now by Relja Dereta http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/wrestling-with-intents-%e2%80%93-why-you-want-to-check-your-email-right-now/#comment-97 Relja Dereta Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:19:23 +0000 http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-97 @Bill Heh, yes, external (especially parental) authority can be very powerful. You raise a very interesting possibility of actually working on that internal voice of authority. The first step though would still be to know what you really want or why you should be doing whatever it is you want/have to do - then that voice is something which pushes you through the distractions. Otherwise, you end up forcing yourself to do things which have no clear purpose/meaning, and that takes way too much additional energy. @Bill

Heh, yes, external (especially parental) authority can be very powerful. You raise a very interesting possibility of actually working on that internal voice of authority. The first step though would still be to know what you really want or why you should be doing whatever it is you want/have to do – then that voice is something which pushes you through the distractions. Otherwise, you end up forcing yourself to do things which have no clear purpose/meaning, and that takes way too much additional energy.

]]> Comment on Spotting my internet hypocrisy by Relja Dereta http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/spotting-my-internet-hypocrisy/#comment-96 Relja Dereta Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:57:16 +0000 http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/?p=208#comment-96 Heh, yes and no - it depends on what (or how much) one wants from a blog. Sure, a website must (or at least should) incorporate careful design choices from the start, while you could say you can have a more relaxed approach to a blog. However, no matter what my goal with my blog is, the design, I believe, has to be functional, which means I need to create a more detailed archive system, a more up-to-date about page etc. Forchirstsake, when I rewrote the About page last time, I forgot to put in an email or some sort of contact form - and I do want to also connect with people through it. While it's true that good content is king, it doesn't mean you shouldn't strive to make it as accessible and presentable as possible. From the feedback I get, I know that some of my writing has the effect I strove for, but how many were turned away because I didn't bother to spend a bit more time with the design part? Heh, yes and no – it depends on what (or how much) one wants from a blog. Sure, a website must (or at least should) incorporate careful design choices from the start, while you could say you can have a more relaxed approach to a blog. However, no matter what my goal with my blog is, the design, I believe, has to be functional, which means I need to create a more detailed archive system, a more up-to-date about page etc. Forchirstsake, when I rewrote the About page last time, I forgot to put in an email or some sort of contact form – and I do want to also connect with people through it.

While it’s true that good content is king, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t strive to make it as accessible and presentable as possible. From the feedback I get, I know that some of my writing has the effect I strove for, but how many were turned away because I didn’t bother to spend a bit more time with the design part?

]]> Comment on Spotting my internet hypocrisy by Marko http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/spotting-my-internet-hypocrisy/#comment-95 Marko Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:18:27 +0000 http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/?p=208#comment-95 Relja, you have a blog, not a web site. That's a huge difference. :-) Relja, you have a blog, not a web site. That’s a huge difference. :-)

]]> Comment on Wrestling with intents – Why you want to check your email right now by Bill Stewart http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/wrestling-with-intents-%e2%80%93-why-you-want-to-check-your-email-right-now/#comment-94 Bill Stewart Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:55:04 +0000 http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-94 Actually, just today, I've attempted to write an article which relates to this very subject (the idea seems solid, but the writing...oh, she works, oh) :-). It concerns the idea of grit, sticking to one thing with iron determination. Of course, the first thing I noticed was that I couldn't even stick with one topic while I was writing :-p. But then it struck me! If my parent, or a similar authority figure came in and said: "Write that article or no supper" (or something) I would've probably have it done by now! It was then that I defined the problem we as cognitively independent people face: - We trust ourselves. We believe in ourselves. What we must learn is how to OBEY ourselves! Make US our own taskmasters. That way, a simple command like "Don't alt+tab that!" will feel more like an impulse than a debate! This might seem obvious, but try it! Imagine an authority figure coming in and giving you an order. Then, imagine giving yourself an order. Can you feel the difference? Don't you jump to debate yourself over some things you would just DO if there was a foreign control influence there? But as you wrote, that too requires a lot of practice :-). Actually, just today, I’ve attempted to write an article which relates to this very subject (the idea seems solid, but the writing…oh, she works, oh) :-) .
It concerns the idea of grit, sticking to one thing with iron determination. Of course, the first thing I noticed was that I couldn’t even stick with one topic while I was writing :-p.

But then it struck me! If my parent, or a similar authority figure came in and said: “Write that article or no supper” (or something) I would’ve probably have it done by now! It was then that I defined the problem we as cognitively independent people face:

- We trust ourselves. We believe in ourselves. What we must learn is how to OBEY ourselves! Make US our own taskmasters. That way, a simple command like “Don’t alt+tab that!” will feel more like an impulse than a debate! This might seem obvious, but try it! Imagine an authority figure coming in and giving you an order. Then, imagine giving yourself an order. Can you feel the difference? Don’t you jump to debate yourself over some things you would just DO if there was a foreign control influence there?

But as you wrote, that too requires a lot of practice :-) .

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