From the Web Tons of great articles in the past week: The Martini Method for Productivity – A great review of the difference between hard and soft deadlines. Plus a famous author’s method for being productive. Run Your Life Like a Fortune 500 Company – Ramit Sethi uses some great examples to point out the […]
Keeping To-Learn Lists
I’m sure most people are familiar with a to-do list. If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, hopefully you have at least one of these on the go, tracking your tasks on paper. But do you have a to-learn list? I recently decided my self-education system needed a bit of cleaning, […]
Friday Links 08-01-18
From the Web Quotes on Rationality – Great quotes from Overcoming Bias. Here’s a few of my favorites: “How many legs does a dog have, if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” — Abraham Lincoln “I’ve found that people who are great at something […]
Friday Links 08-01-11
From the Web Open Source Blogging – Feel free to steal from ZenHabits. In fact Leo, author and owner of ZenHabits, is encouraging it. He’s decided to make all of his content (including his $10 e-book) without copyrights. I’m interested in seeing how this will pan out. While I’m a fan of actions to lower […]
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