{"id":1068,"date":"2009-10-09T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:45:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:45:27","slug":"friday-links-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From the Web<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spring.org.uk\/2009\/09\/how-long-to-form-a-habit.php\">Is the 30-Day Trial bogus? <\/a>&#8211; Some new research suggests 30 days isn&#8217;t long enough. One of the ways around this I suggest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/01\/how-to-change-a-habit-expansion\/\">How to Change a Habit<\/a> is to have an additional 90-day period where you commit to the habit, without requiring perfect attendance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sivers.org\/1pct\">The problem with 1%<\/a> &#8211; My former adviser for business planning used to say he threw out any plan that called for a 1% market share. That&#8217;s because most people forget there is a number smaller than 1&#8211;namely, 0.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ben.casnocha.com\/2009\/09\/being-individuals-in-an-increasingly-individualistic-culture.html\">Life passion and increasing individualism in modern society<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;When people say, &#8216;Find a job you&#8217;re passionate about&#8217; they really mean to include it under the broader 21st century mandate: &#8216;Go out there and become self-actualized.&#8217; This sounds a whole lot scarier and impossibly vague. That&#8217;s because it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/ismrw\">The key to happiness, summarized in one picture<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/37signals.com\/svn\/posts\/1917-i-quit-my-job-applause\">Quitting Your Job is Easy<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;If you quit and start something new and persevere for years and make it happen, then you deserve hosannas. But just quitting? Anyone can do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Update on <em>Think Outside the Cubicle<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>First, big thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenhabits.net\">Zen Habits<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisguillebeau.com\/\">The Art of Nonconformity<\/a> as early promoters of the book! It&#8217;s been out for less than a week, and I&#8217;ve already received a lot of positive feedback.<\/p>\n<p>Second, if you haven&#8217;t downloaded the free, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/thinkoutside\/thinkoutside_manifesto.pdf\">Manifesto edition<\/a>, click on the link.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, thanks to everyone who purchased the book. As I explained in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/03\/think-outside-the-cubicle-released\/\">the announcement post<\/a>, I don&#8217;t expect all my readers to become paying customers. But for those who do, I thank you, as your support allows me to create all the free content on this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Web Is the 30-Day Trial bogus? &#8211; Some new research suggests 30 days isn&#8217;t long enough. One of the ways around this I suggest in How to Change a Habit is to have an additional 90-day period where you commit to the habit, without requiring perfect attendance. The problem with 1% &#8211; My [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[682,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nc-learning","7":"category-news","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Friday Links - Scott H Young<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friday Links - Scott H Young\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From the Web Is the 30-Day Trial bogus? &#8211; Some new research suggests 30 days isn&#8217;t long enough. One of the ways around this I suggest in How to Change a Habit is to have an additional 90-day period where you commit to the habit, without requiring perfect attendance. The problem with 1% &#8211; My [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Scott H Young\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuthorScottYoung\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-10-09T17:00:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-04-04T09:45:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scott Young\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@scotthyoung\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@scotthyoung\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scott Young\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/10\\\/09\\\/friday-links-6\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/10\\\/09\\\/friday-links-6\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scott Young\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2f58ab6c4a36422c78416e5b7a79604c\"},\"headline\":\"Friday Links\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-10-09T17:00:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-04T09:45:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/10\\\/09\\\/friday-links-6\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":283,\"commentCount\":1,\"articleSection\":[\"Learning\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/10\\\/09\\\/friday-links-6\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/10\\\/09\\\/friday-links-6\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/10\\\/09\\\/friday-links-6\\\/\",\"name\":\"Friday Links - Scott H Young\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-10-09T17:00:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-04T09:45:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2f58ab6c4a36422c78416e5b7a79604c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/10\\\/09\\\/friday-links-6\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/10\\\/09\\\/friday-links-6\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/10\\\/09\\\/friday-links-6\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Friday Links\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Scott H Young\",\"description\":\"Learn faster, achieve more\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2f58ab6c4a36422c78416e5b7a79604c\",\"name\":\"Scott Young\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a2da240fb070ba8346e3be8b89043b66c39bdcf933d9e7311dcb10383d0bc645?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a2da240fb070ba8346e3be8b89043b66c39bdcf933d9e7311dcb10383d0bc645?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a2da240fb070ba8346e3be8b89043b66c39bdcf933d9e7311dcb10383d0bc645?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Scott Young\"},\"description\":\"Hello, my name is Scott H. Young and I am obsessed with personal development! When I am not reading several books a month on the subject I am constantly trying to find new ways to improve and get more out of life.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scotthyoung.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/scottadmin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Friday Links - Scott H Young","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Friday Links - Scott H Young","og_description":"From the Web Is the 30-Day Trial bogus? &#8211; Some new research suggests 30 days isn&#8217;t long enough. One of the ways around this I suggest in How to Change a Habit is to have an additional 90-day period where you commit to the habit, without requiring perfect attendance. The problem with 1% &#8211; My [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/","og_site_name":"Scott H Young","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuthorScottYoung\/","article_published_time":"2009-10-09T17:00:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-04-04T09:45:27+00:00","author":"Scott Young","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@scotthyoung","twitter_site":"@scotthyoung","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scott Young","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/"},"author":{"name":"Scott Young","@id":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2f58ab6c4a36422c78416e5b7a79604c"},"headline":"Friday Links","datePublished":"2009-10-09T17:00:13+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-04T09:45:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/"},"wordCount":283,"commentCount":1,"articleSection":["Learning","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/","name":"Friday Links - Scott H Young","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-10-09T17:00:13+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-04T09:45:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2f58ab6c4a36422c78416e5b7a79604c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/09\/friday-links-6\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Friday Links"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/","name":"Scott H Young","description":"Learn faster, achieve more","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2f58ab6c4a36422c78416e5b7a79604c","name":"Scott Young","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a2da240fb070ba8346e3be8b89043b66c39bdcf933d9e7311dcb10383d0bc645?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a2da240fb070ba8346e3be8b89043b66c39bdcf933d9e7311dcb10383d0bc645?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a2da240fb070ba8346e3be8b89043b66c39bdcf933d9e7311dcb10383d0bc645?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Scott Young"},"description":"Hello, my name is Scott H. Young and I am obsessed with personal development! When I am not reading several books a month on the subject I am constantly trying to find new ways to improve and get more out of life.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/author\/scottadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5310,"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions\/5310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}