macOS users should start using Time machine app to take backups
Every avid #macOS user must use the native app Time Machine to take regular backups of their machine. Time Machine takes the backup of the entire machine as and when it is connected with Time Machine Hard disk and takes hourly backup of your device if it stays connected with your machine.
Hard drives crashes randomly which at times can lead to critical data loss. If you are someone for whom data is more valuable than the machine itself, then invest in a new Hard disk and use it as your Time Machine Hard disk.
Personal experience - I had accidentally some important files, I could recover those almost instantly. On one not so fine day the machine wouldn't boot and I had to get into recovery mode -- Time Machine came to rescue.
#Tech #TechTips #Backups #TimeMachine
Life Mantras from everywhere
Here is a collection of impactful Life mantras that I am focusing on following -
- Luck is of importance, acknowledge it, embrace it. - Alok Kejriwal notes from 2013
- Get people smarter than you, be with them. - Alok Kejriwal notes from 2013
- manage CASH well. Do not run out of CASH. - Alok Kejriwal notes from 2013
- Don't be socially awkward as people would mistakenly think you dislike them which will inturn make them dislike you. - Paul Graham
- Optimize for your alumni network. Your future success will be driven by people you surround with. These people will force up your game, can be your co-founder, customer, feedback engine, financiers, peer group from whom you can absorb - Be with absolute smartest, most driven people - this will determine your career trajectory, and your eventual outcome more than any other single factor - @Naval
- Obervation from Airport - Gujaratis have a vibrant confidence and spark. It's impossible to gauge their networth from their attire. Community support brings confidence in them. Marwaris used to have that but now it's lost. - Sandeep Mall
- Someone with half your IQ making 10X as you because they aren't smart enough to doubt themselves.
- Health - 15 minutes of morning sunlight (670nm exposure) can make your body effectively use blood glucose (reduces blood glucose level by 27%).
- Never be intimidated by anyone. You are stronger than you think and weaker than you imagine. - Alok Kejriwal.
- You will get what you deserve. Focus on deserving. - Alok Kejriwal
- Never be intimidated by someone who copies you. Original is always better. @bxjvq
- Every view is important, pull as many as you can. Fight for it, Spread the world, do whatever it takes. - Gaurang Aggarwal
- Have "Fuck it, I will figure things out attitude" which would ensure success in everything that you do.
Being prudent about future - diary written on 26 Jan 2017
Some rules to follow - adapted/ inspired from https://www.investopedia.com/articles/younginvestors/08/millionaire-mind...
1. Stop senseless spending - live a disciplined lifestyle and budget.
2. Fund Retirement plan - The sooner you start it, more money would compound resulting in massive corpus.
3. Improve your tax awareness - Hire a good CA and keep yourself informed about avenues to save Tax - Tax planning has great potential to save money.
4. Avoid luxury purchases - Unless you can comfortably pay for it, avoid luxury purchases specially in the beginning of your career.
5. Don't sell yourself short - Stick to an employer that appreciates your work ethic, unique skill set and experience.
6. Analyse, don't depend on luck - If you start early, spend prudently, save actively, you will be wealthy. Do financial projections, think of future, adjust your present expenses to save for future.
7. Invest in yourself - Equip yourself with new skills, invest in better tools that makes you more efficient
8. Plan prudently - Be goal oriented, make a list of goals and how will you achieve those, with timelines. Track your journey.
Everything about GMAT that I know
In the classic GMAT (available until Jan'2024), there used to be four sections -
- Analytical Writing Assessment (30 minutes)
- Integrated Reasoning (30 minutes)
- Quantitative (62 minutes)
- Verbal (65 minutes)
GMAT Learnings and Strategies I read from the internet
- Start with what you know the best.
- Strong Verbal ( > 45 ) will take me to 98 percentiles
- Maths ( >50 ) will take me to 98 percentiles
- Don’t give up – It’s not worth it!
- Persevering for years to succeed.
A Thousand and one learnings of Gaurang
We are what we do and often while doing a gazallion things, we do a thousand things wrong which leads to a thousand learnings as well. I am documenting my learnings here so that you don't have to commit those:
1. Buying old physical technical books - Technology gets outdated mostly in years, therefore, don't buy old technical books for personal use if the technology might have gotten outdated and the book contents may not hold relevant for the prevalent technology of that time. For example: To save some monies, you bought Python 3.2 book but the current stable version is Python 3.8 which has substantial changes in way particular function worked or coding is done. The book may not serve the required purpose.
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