Note from Scott: Cal Newport, MIT graduate student, author of two books and blogger at Study Hacks has offered to help me out during the recovery from my illness by writing a guest post. You can check out his fantastic blog at: http://www.calnewport.com/blog/ or read his other popular guest post on this website, The Art […]
Where Are The Friday Links?
I’m guessing a few readers of the blog noticed there were no Friday Links yesterday. Unfortunately, since Monday evening I’ve been sick in bed. I’m hopefully in the recovery phase right now, but I’m still nowhere near 100%. Posts for the week went out without problems because I do all my writing a week in […]
Gumption
I love the word “gumption”. I like finding words that cram a lot of ideas into a small space. Gumption is closely related to boldness or courage, but it also relates more to enthusiasm than simply being able to overcome your fears. I think having gumption is important, and it’s something you can possess without […]
My Rebuttal to Steve Pavlina: Getting Started Without Skill
Last week, Steve Pavlina wrote an article entitled, “Skill”. In it, Steve claimed, that most people under-invest in the skill-building phase. In a rush to profit, they don’t spend enough time working on their ability to create value. I agree with Steve that skill-building is important. I’d also agree that many bloggers (or other new […]
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