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Three words that changed me

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I fully agree with all points. 1. Listen: I once read, there are three types of people. This who don't listen, those who listen to answer and those who listen to understand. I have always appreciated the latter who try to understand and don't judge. I tend to shut up with the former 2 types 2. Cherish: Science shows that people who are thankful - on a daily basis - are usually happy and thus thrive. It's not the other way around. Success is not the reason for happiness. The reverse is true 3. Commitment: I simply love to give all I have to projects. Because it's trough ownership that I really make a difference

These are "Listen, Cherish, Commitment"

I don't appreciate click-baity titles.

thanks for the feedback. I agree, "Listen, Cherish, Commitment: 3 words that changed my life" could be more revealing.

Also "Listen, cherish, commit" would be better as they'd all be verbs but oh well...

Good feedback. tbh, commit relates to git for me. but commitment represents a whole other concept.

Diff, cherry, commit. But avoid blaming.

git blame should be renamed to git why

Except you'd never get an answer to that question.

Try git praise: https://github.com/ansman/git-praise

[spoil]

    #!/usr/bin/env sh -e
    exec git blame "$@"

[/spoil]

Brilliant!

Titles are not written for our personal pleasure. Nor is everything meant to be posted on HN.

They are written for the pleasure and at the discretion of the author of the post.

Is it some sort of New-Age week on HN?

This article is completely vacuous. Similarly positive things could be written about any other three concepts, i. e. Act / Share / Pivot, to pick three that clash with the articles'.

>Is it some sort of New-Age week on HN?

That made me chuckle.

I will attempt a non-judgmental observation...

Maybe there's overlap with folks who enjoy similar "zen" aphorisms like "Life Love Laughter"[1] plaques above the fireplace mantel and/or avatars on the Facebook profile pic. One group finds meaning in those expressions while another group will dismiss it as vacuous. They will never agree.

Based on some of the comments in this thread praising it combined with the silent 50+ lurkers who upvoted it, this type of topic has undeniable appeal. That means:

1) articles like it will continue to be to be written because authors feel it's important

2) people will continue to submit it because they want to share

3) people will continue to upvote it to the front page because it resonates with them

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=live+love+laugh&source=lnms&...

I enjoyed this article and will apply it in my life.

Also, this reminds me of why I like blogs over tweets. If this were jammed into a tweet it would sound like a fortune cookie.

> the absence of my mouth not moving?

Is the absence of my mouth being still, is the presence of my mouth not being still, is the presence of my mouth moving.

I think you meant to say, the absence of my mouth moving.

I didn't feel he/she made a good case for commitment.

Re-evaluating your circumstances is a good thing and the ability to not be committed is often a positive.

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