From the Web Are We More Self-Absorbed Nowadays? – Ben Casnocha raises an interesting question. I’m definitely guilty of the conceit that people care about my opinion on things (heck, I’ve been writing here for over two years). Self-absorption may be a fault, but it has an interesting trade-off. Does more self-absorption also mean more […]
Friday Links 08-08-01
From the Web How to Read a Book (Hint: Do it Slowly) – Blogger Brad Bollenbach posts the anti-speed reading manifesto. His thoughts are that the amount you read isn’t nearly as important as the quality of what you read and the amount of mental digestion you can offer to a new book. Despite writing […]
Where Are The Friday Links?
I’m guessing a few readers of the blog noticed there were no Friday Links yesterday. Unfortunately, since Monday evening I’ve been sick in bed. I’m hopefully in the recovery phase right now, but I’m still nowhere near 100%. Posts for the week went out without problems because I do all my writing a week in […]
Friday Links 08-07-11
From the Web Along with writing articles to this website, I also write four articles for Pick The Brain per month. Here are a few recent entries I’ve written: How to Find Motivation for Things You Hate Doing – “Everyone has things they hate to do, but need to do anyway. Sometimes it is doing […]
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