Getting Unstuck
Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality
by Pema Chödrön · first published 2004
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…Douglas Hofstadter (yes, that one). The man taught himself Russian by translating the Onegin to distract himself after his wife died. The foreword-essay changed how I regard language and translation. 3. _Getting Unstuck_, by Pema Chodron. I still use this shit every time I get obsessive about some coding thing. Wise AF. 4. _Getting Things Done_ by David Allen. Everything is an interface and everything is algorithmic,…
on “Ask HN: Life Changing Books?” ↗…predict how we will feel about situations in the future) * A Brief History of Everything - one cool story after another * A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - hard to bear, but eye-opening * Getting Unstuck - buddhist talk by Pema Chodron * Born to Run - great, exciting story. Sometimes I would sit in the parking lot or the driveway after arriving in order to keep listening.
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