From the Web The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives – An interesting talk about the five pillars of morality across human cultures and why liberals and conservatives disagree. In Praise of Salaried Employment – Tim Clark has an interesting article about the joys of not working for yourself. I’m a big fan of entrepreneurship, […]
Why Most Feedback Sucks
Getting better at anything requires feedback, that’s obvious. But what is often more important is selectively ignoring most of the feedback you receive. If you’re basing your decisions entirely on a comment by one person, you’re probably going to make a mistake. Although it may seem like arrogance, I think following your own intuition and […]
Friday Links 08-09-19
From the Web Massive link dump this week… Leo’s BASIC Running Program – I laughed when I saw this one. A List of Personal Development Blogs by PluginID – Yours truly also makes the list 😉 Study Hacks Review of The Little Book of Productivity – Cal writes a thorough review dissecting my latest e-book. […]
Read More Than You Need to Know
Gathering ideas is cheap, implementing ideas is expensive. Reading a business book takes several hours over the course of a week. Starting a business takes thousands of hours over the course of years. Making ideas a reality is orders of magnitude more difficult than gathering creative ideas. This simple fact is the reason I’m a […]
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