{"id":446,"date":"2007-09-21T10:49:18","date_gmt":"2007-09-21T17:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/21\/friday-links-07-09-20\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:46:21","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:46:21","slug":"friday-links-07-09-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/21\/friday-links-07-09-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links 07-09-20"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From the Web<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Specializing is for Suckers<\/strong> &#8211; Tim Ferriss points out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourhourworkweek.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/14\/the-top-5-reasons-to-be-a-jack-of-all-trades\/\">Top 5 Reasons to Be a Jack of All Trades<\/a>. I thought this was a great post to counter all those &#8220;stick to your talents&#8221; people who call themselves experts. Personally, I believe that <a href=\"http:\/\/ben.casnocha.com\/\">Ben Casnocha<\/a>&#8216;s suggestion of the T-Model (specializing in some areas and having basic competency in many others) is a little more nuanced than Tim&#8217;s, but the article is definitely worth a read.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.overcomingbias.com\/2007\/09\/planning-fallac.html\">Planning Fallacy<\/a> &#8211; Another great article about the errors of our minds over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overcomingbias.com\/\">Overcoming Bias<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenhabits.net\/2007\/09\/engineer-life-set-up-habit-changes-so-its-hard-to-fail\/\">ZenHabits on Engineering Habits<\/a> &#8211; Leo&#8217;s advice? Make sure the positive feedback outweighs the negative feedback. I made a similar comment in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/howtochangeahabit\/\">e-book<\/a> about operant conditioning, but I feel Leo&#8217;s post offers an interesting new perspective.<\/p>\n<h2>From the Archives<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/09\/solve-tough-problems-by-using-lenses\/\">Solve Tough Problems Using Lenses<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Think outside the box&#8221; is a tired cliche. In this article I try to get at what it means to look at problems from a new perspective, and how to do it.<\/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%2FZen-Art-Motorcycle-Maintenance-Inquiry%2Fdp%2F0060589469%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1190331725%26sr%3D8-1&amp;tag=scottcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Wow. What more can I say? 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