{"id":712,"date":"2008-05-02T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/02\/friday-links-08-05-01\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:46:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:46:04","slug":"friday-links-08-05-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/02\/friday-links-08-05-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links 08-05-02"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From the Web<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calnewport.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/23\/the-science-of-procrastination-revisted-researchers-rethink-willpower\/\">Self-Discipline Matters, Except When You&#8217;re Motivated<\/a> &#8211; Cal Newport points to new studies that have been done in the study of procrastination. The article points to research claiming that self-discipline is like a fuel, that is drained when you perform tasks that require willpower. The exception, however, is when you are motivated internally to perform the task. For readers of this blog, I don&#8217;t think this will come as a surprise, but it&#8217;s nice to see solid research giving clear answer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ben.casnocha.com\/2008\/04\/jack-welch-leas.html\">Should You Study the Best, or the Slightly Better?<\/a> &#8211; Skip to the bottom paragraph where Ben says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There are many successful CEOs and it&#8217;d be smarter, it seems to me, to find someone who is doing a little bit better than you (ie, 3-5 years ahead in terms of progress), and study that person.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, we flock to read Welch and Trump and Gerstner, thinking that <em>their<\/em> experiences can help us understand our own. Worse yet, people fork over thousands of dollars just to hear Donald Trump speak in-person at a Learning Annex conference or whatever. I couldn&#8217;t think of a worse way to invest professional development money.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is one of the reasons I love the blogging community. Instead of getting ideas from a crowd of experts, you get ideas from people who are in the process of solving problems themselves. Experts are often so removed from the realities of a beginner, that their advice may not be as useful to someone starting out.<\/p>\n<h2>From the Archives<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/06\/how-to-read-70-books-in-a-year\/\">How to Read 70+ Books in a Year<\/a> &#8211; The last four months has seen my reading volume take a nosedive. I partially attribute this to taking on a far busier schedule, part of it can also be blamed on recently having read through several, dense 1000+ page books. With courses finished, I&#8217;m hoping to recapture my former book-lust.<\/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%2FLila-Inquiry-Morals-Robert-Pirsig%2Fdp%2F0553299611%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1209566610%26sr%3D8-1&amp;tag=scottcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">Lila<\/a><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium 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\" \/> &#8211; This book is the sequel to Robert Pirsig&#8217;s book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I&#8217;m still trying to wrap my head around a few of his concepts, but the ideas are interesting. Pirsig is great at breaking down highly intellectual problems into components that are easily understood.<\/p>\n<h2>Upcoming News<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m in the middle of working on a book that will highlight some of the best articles I&#8217;ve written in the past two years. With over 500 posts, I can&#8217;t expect many new readers to search through an archive of that size. As a result, I&#8217;m picking my favorite articles and putting them into a book, which should be much easier to read.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m planning on releasing the book as an ebook and as a paperback\/hardcover book through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\">Lulu<\/a>. The ebook version will be completely free, while the paperback\/hardcover will be sold at the cost of producing it. I&#8217;m not expecting to make a dime off this project, but hopefully the people who enjoy this website will find some value in reading through the best posts written here.<\/p>\n<p>Plus for everyone who has been nagging me to get some of my writing onto dead trees, this will be the first chance to own a hard copy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Web Self-Discipline Matters, Except When You&#8217;re Motivated &#8211; Cal Newport points to new studies that have been done in the study of procrastination. The article points to research claiming that self-discipline is like a fuel, that is drained when you perform tasks that require willpower. 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