{"id":381,"date":"2007-07-27T06:57:05","date_gmt":"2007-07-27T13:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/27\/friday-links-07-07-27\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:46:37","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:46:37","slug":"friday-links-07-07-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/27\/friday-links-07-07-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links 07-07-27"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From the Web<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019ve written several articles for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehack.org\">lifehack.org<\/a> over the past week:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehack.org\/articles\/productivity\/10-tips-for-razor-sharp-concentration.html\">10 Tips for Razor Sharp Concentration<\/a> &#8211; This one did very well, garnering a fair chunk of traffic from Digg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehack.org\/articles\/lifestyle\/why-your-free-time-is-boring.html\">Why Your Free Time is Boring<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehack.org\/articles\/lifestyle\/the-insomniacs-guide-of-things-to-do-when-failing-to-sleep.html\">Insomniac\u2019s Guide of Things to Do When Failing to Sleep <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calnewport.com\/blog\/\">Study Hacks<\/a> &#8211; Cal Newport, a friend and author of How to Become a Straight-A Student now has his articles in a blog format. Worth a look if you were a fan of Holistic Learning and other approaches to better learning.<\/p>\n<h2>From the Archives<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/05\/waiting-for-an-epiphany\/\">Waiting for an Epiphany<\/a> &#8211; Quit waiting for a lightbulb to go off over your head. I\u2019ve found that most changes occur through a several steps, not one huge, life-altering moment.<\/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%2FFlow-Psychology-Experience-Mihaly-Csikszentmihalyi%2Fdp%2F0060920432%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1185544256%26sr%3D8-2&amp;tag=scottcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">Flow<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; A great read by Mih\u00c3\u00a1ly Cs\u00c3\u00adkszentmih\u00c3\u00a1lyi. Consider it a psychological perspective on how to be happy. 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