THE VIDEO SHELF · goal achievement
How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals | Stephen Duneier | TEDxTucson
Stephen Duneier describes a decision-making approach that took him from struggling with simple tasks to achieving ambitious goals. The talk centers on breaking goals into small marginal adjustments.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people recommend it for its simple, powerful idea of marginal adjustments and its usefulness for tackling big projects.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- TEDx Talks
- Topic
- goal achievement
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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It works for me, too. The inspiration was from this TED talk: [VIDEO] . The idea of marginal adjustment is both simple and powerful.
hieu on Hacker News · 2018-03
In Show HN: To read books again, read one page every dayThat should be the real question. All else is just a consequence of being motivated enough to achieve that particular goal. You are probably fine already, but if you feel that you want more, I would suggest to get some inspiration from a new paradigm …
kowdermeister on Hacker News · 2018-07
In Ask HN: How do you organize/track your personal goals?This video on youtube is pretty cool on the subject of big projects: How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals | Stephen Duneier | TEDxTucson [VIDEO]
sharemywin on Hacker News · 2023-06
In My Approach to Building Large Technical Projects – Mitchell Hashimoto
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