From the Web A few recent articles I’ve done: Restarting the Exercise Habit (Lifehack.org) 7 Lesser Known Ways to Increase Productivity (Pick The Brain) Finding the Hidden Bias in a Test (Lifehack.org) Why Aiming for an A is Better Than an A+ (Lifehack.org) From the Archives Ten Minutes to a Better Tomorrow – Daily reviews. […]
Archives for November 2007
How to Stop Making Excuses
“I don’t know how.” “It probably wouldn’t have worked anyways.” “I’m too busy.” How often do you catch yourself making excuses. Instead of doing something, you come up with ways to explain your inaction. Excuse-makers are usually seen as weak, lazy or cowardly. I believe this is an unfair generalization. We all make excuses once […]
Policies and Guidelines at ScottHYoung.com
I’ve just added a new page: Policies and Guidelines, which you can access from the footer or above the comment panel on individual posts. The purpose of this page is to give you an idea of the policies I use for comments, writing guest posts to this site, licensing content or hiring me as a […]
The Psychological Benefits of Optimism
“The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.” George F. Will, The Leveling Wind “A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” Harry Truman “It doesn’t hurt to be optimistic. You […]