According to WordPress, this is the 608th post to be added to ScottHYoung.com. This website has a large archive, so I’m not surprised when many readers tell me they enjoy the site, but haven’t been able to read all the articles. I’d like to save you some time by picking, in my opinion, the ten […]
Energy Management Is More Important for Creative Work
There are two basic veins of thought when it comes to getting the most accomplished. The classic view is time management: keep lists, stay focused and organize your time effectively to get everything done. As a whole, time management works fairly well. However, it misses a couple key problems, such as:    Why do you […]
Read More Than You Need to Know
Gathering ideas is cheap, implementing ideas is expensive. Reading a business book takes several hours over the course of a week. Starting a business takes thousands of hours over the course of years. Making ideas a reality is orders of magnitude more difficult than gathering creative ideas. This simple fact is the reason I’m a […]
Know When to Stop Reading a Book
Stop reading boring books. Unless you absolutely need to finish reading a book for a class, position or job, you’re probably better off putting down books you don’t enjoy. I’ve found good books are like good food, the more you enjoy it, the faster you want to ingest it. Except, while eating a hamburger in […]
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