{"id":847,"date":"2008-10-03T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2008-10-03T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/03\/friday-links-08-10-02\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:45:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:45:47","slug":"friday-links-08-10-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/03\/friday-links-08-10-02\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links 08-10-02"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From the Web<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/talks\/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html\">The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives<\/a> &#8211; An interesting talk about the five pillars of morality across human cultures and why liberals and conservatives disagree.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soulshelter.com\/2008\/09\/23\/in-praise-of-salaried-employment\/\">In Praise of Salaried Employment<\/a> &#8211; Tim Clark has an interesting article about the joys of <em>not<\/em> working for yourself.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m a big fan of entrepreneurship, especially smaller ventures, so it&#8217;s interesting to read about the opposite perspective.\u00c2\u00a0 Ultimately, I think the decision needs to be about what the lifestyle you want is, and what your values are.<\/p>\n<p>One of the problems with working for yourself Clark mentions is social isolation.\u00c2\u00a0 Like it or not, a job provides a community.\u00c2\u00a0 Being a lone wolf can be, well, lonely.\u00c2\u00a0 I think this is an important point that anyone seriously considering taking off on their own needs to deal with.<\/p>\n<h2>From the Archives<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/26\/ten-steps-to-cultivate-the-now-habit\/\">Ten Steps to Cultivate the Now Habit<\/a> :<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all need something to anchor ourselves. Something to give us certainty and happiness through the ups and downs in life. A compass point to give the day direction and prevent feeling meaningless and letting disorientation creep in.<\/p>\n<p>Some people use relationships, status or religion as that anchor. I believe the best one of all is simply the <em>now<\/em>. Cultivating a habit to focus on what is, not what might be or what was, is a happy way to live. 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