Cited on HN 5 times, 2016–2021, never outright recommendedscore 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN mostly uses it as a joke or meme reply to questions about motivation and procrastination, and as the source of a widely remixed clip.
A one-minute motivational clip from the art piece #INTRODUCTIONS in which Shia LaBeouf shouts "Just Do It" in front of a green screen. It spawned many remixes.
Yeah, those are fun ones. We [0] are dealing with most of those. Here are some fun ones based on Shia LeBouf's green screen performance [this video] - [link] - [link] - [link] - [link] etc. There is much more we can do, but there are some we can't. For instance phone recorded 3D movie recorded in a cinema from a weird angle. [0] [link]
Shia LaBeouf green screen video and its many remixes.
Dude, it comes down to what you want in life. Being a fit dude in your 60s in your big beach-side house partying with powerful friends? A shadowy person behind a powerful corporation? Having a big loving family? Getting rid of poverty in the world? Take note of it, stick it near where you wake up most of the time: your phone wallpaper! Visualize! Strategize! You'll realize that it doesn't happen overnight. DO NOT DESPAIR! Take steps! Build strategy. Separate in milestones, make it accessible. Nothing great is instant (except if you have a great luck) Use evernote, stackedit, notion, or whatever that doesn't make you lazy and is quick to access. Use Add to Home Screen feature to make a quick shortcut. This allows you to take things off your mind to rest. Make noises that will get you back on track, reminders! Be calculative, but don't be cheap in pursuing your dream. Money is just another currency to trade toward your dream and there are many other currencies: relationships, mental health, physical accounts receivable, someone owing you something, other people's attention, fame, incognition. You will need to trade them to achieve your dreams quicker, (e.g. getting rid of an invaluable relationship like toxic people that can't be helped anymore). Trade money for mental health to help with burnouts by treating yourself for every milestone. Trade money for human friends if you need them for your morale. A good thing about human friends are, most of them will give back if you help
Just Do It motivational clip cited in advice on achieving goals.
Strange list format, why is the video of the speech halfway through the list? Also, with that quality of a list, you might as well have gone with this: [this video]
Q: "How do I overcome mental laziness?" A: Do the thing you feel you're suppose to do, and not the thing that you're currently doing. It really is that simple. While you have spent the time writing about how not to be mentally lazy and reading comments on possible answers, you've could've - knocked out a chapter or two in a certification book - built that module you've pushed aside - pursue working on a weakness that you feel is holding you back Fortunately/unfortunately, the onus falls on you to reach your goals (whatever it may be). So, just do it! [this video]
Climb the wall. Written white on black on my desktop background. It's kind of funny, how sometimes random stuff you see on the web sticks to your head. I think it was one of those procrastination links on Hacker News which somehow brought me to this weird video [1] about how to "Climb the wall of awful". I was a hobby climber before and it somehow made sense to me at that time. Another thing I like to say to myself is "Just do it" at moments when I read Hacker News, Reddit, Twitter and come back to Hacker News for another round. [2] [1] [link] [2] [this video]
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