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Ask HN: What's something you wished you started doing earlier?

4•karakoram•15h ago
Could be in you career, business or general life.

Something you recently picked up that would have had even greater impact if only you started a few years ago.

Comments

al_borland•15h ago
Taking care of my health.
toomuchtodo•15h ago
Lifting
justinhj•15h ago
Public speaking.
adminootadmin•15h ago
Leave school.
zippyman55•15h ago
Public speaking (toastmasters). I waited five yrs. Social skills, management skills, and learning to tell. It’s being ready for the “hey, do you have time to speak with the vice president of the company”

Also better quality cooking. Healthy, save money.

More physical fitness.

pillefitz•11h ago
Anx particular resources you can recommend beyond toastmasters?
zippyman55•10h ago
I thought toastmasters was great. But all the different clubs had different personalities. So, you have to find the right club. I was in it in the early 1990s and do not know how it’s evolved. What I liked about it was it had a ten speech structure and you could move on w life afterwards. Speaking in a contest beyond the club level could have you in front of 60 or more people. But something magical happens and your comfort level increases. I think there are other non toastmasters opportunities in volunteering but it’s nice to get the framework before you are thrust in front of large groups. But back to resources, I e seen some serious professional negotiation programs at my public library that really impressed me. Finally… and I’m spitballing here, I guess you could beat yourself up with speed dating events. lol.
zahlman•14h ago
My current projects, and everything else I've thought about doing next.
tetris11•12h ago
Microcontrollers. I never quite got what electrical engineering was all about.

Then I picked up my first esp32, and - boom - sucked into the maker space, staying up all night reading up on the intracies of using i2c over UART

stephanschulz•7h ago
Building things for myself, not just clients and thinking about who it's for from the start.

20+ years as a freelancer. I got good at solving other people's problems. Along the way I started 4 or 5 side projects with others. We'd build something solid, then wonder why nobody showed up. The pattern was always the same: build first, figure out marketing later.

Wish I'd understood earlier that reaching people isn't a phase after the product, it shapes the product.

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