{"id":767,"date":"2008-06-13T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/friday-links-08-06-13\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:45:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:45:48","slug":"friday-links-08-06-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/friday-links-08-06-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links 08-06-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From the Web<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourhourworkweek.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/10\/061008-dr-stewart-friedman-on-time-bind-vs-psychological-interference-and-more\/\">Worries on the Job, Not a Lack of Time, Prevent Balance<\/a> &#8211; Tim Ferriss interviews Dr. Stewart Friedman. Friedman suggests that a lack of time isn&#8217;t the biggest problem to maintain healthy work and off-work lives. Instead, he argues that psychological interference, where your mind isn&#8217;t focused on what you should be doing, is a bigger problem. Definitely worth reading through if you have the time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the Archives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/06\/the-virtue-of-failing-fast\/\">The Virtue of Failing Fast<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m a believer that life needs to take a lesson from open source software. 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