Tyler Has Standards: Archive

Human Code

I view human personality similar to computer code. You’re personality is written by your genes, your experiences, and your attitudes. You have personality flaws that expose themselves by “breaking” your expected/desired action. Therefore your job is to identify bugs in your code, and fix them. Only problem is, you have to examine the root cause in order to fix the problem, I...

Jun 8th

I took some time off

Blogging was too hard while I was experiencing a ton of work at my startup. Update: - I’m good at following the weekly goals, but my dailies slip all the time. - I have successfully improved the big picture, and improved my social life. - I have (mostly) kept to my drinking goals. - I failed exercise. New Goals: - Stop smoking - Start exercise - Eat better...

Apr 26th

Standards and Themes

I’m doing a reset this week, the whiteboard isn’t working anymore, so I’m moving to pen and paper. Standards Up and dressed by 8am Read all emails everyday Accomplish one item of importance Make Jo happy Themes Week - Don’t miss messages Year - Frameworks Decade - Establish platform

Apr 26th

Using standards to channel guilt

Probably once a month I drink excessively. This destructive behavior acts as a sort of “safety valve” to let off the pressures of work. This is, I’m informed, fairly normal behavior for the college aged. However, I lack a friend group that is unrelated to my work. In my case, every judgement error I make or weakness I display is vetted by my peers in the working world - most of whom are well...

Jan 17th

Watch

Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+ | Video on TED.com This is a great talk about how to design your life. I love the assertion that “nudges” are the trick. Affecting your lifestyle in subtle ways for the better through things like your friends, eating less, etc.

Jan 11th

Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off | TED.com →

I found it really interesting that Sagmeister’s first sabatical contains his first schedule, something that looks similar to a Standards project.

Jan 11th

WE IMPROVE WHAT WE MEASURE

The following is cross-posted from my blog, as it’s relevant to a larger audience (how I use my blog) and is related to my standards project (something I write about here). So I just choose 6 meals and ordered enough food to make them for 2 weeks from safeway.com — this wasn’t a difficult decision, it was an efficient one. It also improved my health. My framework made it easy to make a limiting...

Dec 15th

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THE HARDEST PART OF BEING A GOD, IS THE ABILITY TO...

Thought to self, on my struggle adhering to my Standards project. Grandoise.

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