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Steve Wozniak reply about his 'bad decision' to sell his stock in the '80s: 'I gave all my Apple wealth away because wealth and power are not what I live for'
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Stephen Gary Wozniak (/ˈwɒzniæk/; born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname Woz, is an American technology entrepreneur, electrical engineer, computer programmer, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his early business partner Steve Jobs. Through his work at Apple in the 1970s and 1980s, he is widely recognized as one of the most prominent pioneers of the personal computer revolution.
Source: Slashdot Comment, by Steve Wozniak.
Similar situation here. I am still in my primary career as an engineer, but working on stuff that I enjoy and definitely not scheming to get into management or marketing or whatever it is that linkedin lunatics think an engineer with a business degree is supposed to do. (I had an employer with a really good tuition reimbursement policy so in the 2010s I got my engineering masters early in the decade then also an MBA several years after)
At home all my mental energy and learning efforts go into other things though. Hobbies and family -- things that I have consciously chosen to prioritize because they have positive effect on my health, both mental and physical. After I work on C and C++ code all day I come home and literally dig in the dirt, build physical structures out of wood, and tend to my animals.
The variety, having to-dos that you actually look forward to, the exercise, the fresh air, engaging all the senses, and just being outside remembering that we are part of the ecosystem and not separate from it... these are all incredibly worthwhile things.
They are worthwhile enough that I will spend money or go through some up-front discomfort to make it happen. For example, I have never liked being hot and I have medical issues that make me more sensitive to the heat more prone to skin cancer. I do 90% of my woodworking outside and we have been in a dry heat wave. So on top of things like sunscreen, a wide-brimmed hat that makes me look like a farmer, keeping the house as cold as possible for when I take breaks, or just spraying cold hose water on myself, I also bought myself a ridiculous 24"/~60cm commercial-use fan. It has a brushless motor and is continuously variable speed. At max power it uses 130 watts and sounds like a helicopter. :D
old farmers trick we use to stay cool is to get the left forearm (is closer to heart, don"t know if that really makes a difference) wet with cool water, let it be your radiator. keeps your clothes dry but you cool off fast.
I wonder if it's one of those things that works on any limb but the focus on the left arm adds some placebo effect on top.
For me, I am luckily always wearing rugged waterproof shoes so I've found that running cold water down your shins is super effective. It feels like I can feel the cooled blood flowing up my body, but I don't know if it's that or more of a reflex like goose bumps.
The back of the neck and base of skull are good too. And holding a really cold drink can on the side of the neck, like cooling the flow right into the brain where I need it (neuro issues exacerbated by heat) can be nice.
I'm going to have to try the left arm only within about an hour though. :D