{"id":1084,"date":"2009-10-16T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:44:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:44:50","slug":"friday-links-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/16\/friday-links-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From the Web<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinksimplenow.com\/productivity\/how-to-learn-without-memorizing\/\">How to Learn Without Memorizing<\/a> &#8211; My new article for Think Simple Now has had a lot of attention through Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2>From the Archives<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/21\/dont-burn-your-ships\/\">Don&#8217;t Burn Your Ships<\/a> &#8211; The ship-burning attitude is stupid. While it may increase your motivation to continue, it reduces your motivation to get started. And, as Woody Allen said, \u201chalf of life is just showing up.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>From the Shelf<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FIgnore-Everybody-Other-Keys-Creativity%2Fdp%2F159184259X%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1255518596%26sr%3D8-1&amp;tag=scottcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=scottcom-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong> &#8211; Hugh McLeod&#8217;s book on creativity. Hugh is the writer of the successful blog, Gaping Void, and cartoonist on business cards. 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The authors explore startling (and very often politically incorrect questions) such as why attractive men might make bad husbands, how a monogamous society benefits more men than women and why suicidal terrorists are often Islamic. Some of their more peculiar findings seemed to be stretching the facts, but as a whole it was a worthwhile read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Web How to Learn Without Memorizing &#8211; My new article for Think Simple Now has had a lot of attention through Twitter. From the Archives Don&#8217;t Burn Your Ships &#8211; The ship-burning attitude is stupid. While it may increase your motivation to continue, it reduces your motivation to get started. 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