{"id":808,"date":"2008-08-01T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2008-08-01T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/01\/friday-links-08-08-01\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:45:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:45:47","slug":"friday-links-08-08-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/01\/friday-links-08-08-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links 08-08-01"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From the Web<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/30sleeps.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/14\/how-to-read-a-book\/\">How to Read a Book (Hint: Do it Slowly)<\/a> &#8211; Blogger Brad Bollenbach posts the anti-speed reading manifesto.\u00c2\u00a0 His thoughts are that the amount you read isn&#8217;t nearly as important as the quality of what you read and the amount of mental digestion you can offer to a new book.\u00c2\u00a0 Despite writing articles on speed reading, I agree with Brad that quality needs to take place over quantity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.personaldevelopment.ie\/2008\/07\/how-weight-training-enhances-your-quality-of-life\/\">Advocating Weight Training<\/a> &#8211; Weight training is my primary form of exercise.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m a fan of weight training along with separate aerobic workouts because I believe it increases your overall strength and energy levels.\u00c2\u00a0 Here&#8217;s an article advocating some of the reasons why weight training is worth pursuing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevepavlina.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/what-if-you-have-many-different-interests-and-cannot-commit-to-any-of-them\/\">The DaVinci Syndrome?<\/a> &#8211; Steve Pavlina believes that having many different interests is worth pursuing.\u00c2\u00a0 This is an interesting article, because the common wisdom I&#8217;m used to hearing is to specialize.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never been much for specializing, and my interests tend to travel everywhere.\u00c2\u00a0 Steve provides a good argument for why I&#8217;m not crazy.<\/p>\n<h2>From the Archives<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/17\/how-to-sell-your-ideas-like-a-movie-producer\/\">Sell Your Ideas Like a Movie Producer<\/a> &#8211; 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