What self-help has helped you? — LessWrong

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Simply, what self-help techniques have you tried and found to help you? Bonus points if you can say something about the context in which you did the self-help and any speculations you have about mechanism of action. Please give one technique per answer, multiple answers accepted per person (at least, I hope LW allows that, but I'm guessing it will), please read existing answer to avoid duplication, and comment on existing answers about a technique if you have more to say about that technique. I'll put a couple of my own answers in below as examples and because I have answers to my own question! Getting Started FAQ Library moses Doing things with other people or through other people makes everything a hundred times easier. I don't think I'm exaggerating. For example: Personality changes: I quit cigarettes and weed cold turkey, started lifting weights, completely changed my diet, and became much more ambitious (which manifested in learning programming and tripling my salary within one ye

x What self-help has helped you? — LessWrong Life Improvements Practical Frontpage 41 [ Question ] What self-help has helped you? by Gordon Seidoh Worley 20th Dec 2018 1 min read A 11 23 41 Simply, what self-help techniques have you tried and found to help you? Bonus points if you can say something about the context in which you did the self-help and any speculations you have about mechanism of action. Please give one technique per answer, multiple answers accepted per person (at least, I hope LW allows that, but I'm guessing it will), please read existing answer to avoid duplication, and comm

What self-help has helped you? — LessWrong

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