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Link: The Art of Letting Bad Things Happen (and Weapons of Mass Distraction)

Monday, October 29th, 2007

The Art of Letting Bad Things Happen (and Weapons of Mass Distraction) (Via The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss.) This was the first – and last – post I read in my aggregator this evening. Tim Ferriss brought us the Four Hour Work Week (which has already impacted my work flow, and which could revolutionize my work flow if I let it). Now he brings us these words of wisdom.

Oftentimes, in order to do the big things, you have to let the small bad things happen. This is a skill we want to cultivate.

The rest of the post is worth reading, too, so be sure to click through. For my part, I’m off to relax right now – and tomorrow I’m starting the day with a workout and then some reflective blogging. ;)

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Link: How Scoble Reads 622 RSS Feeds Each Morning

Monday, May 21st, 2007

How Scoble Reads 622 RSS Feeds Each Morning (Via Tim Ferriss). Mike Guerena turned me on to Tim Ferriss’s book, The Four Hour Workweek… I bought the book on iTunes* and I subscribed to Tim’s blog. I was quickly rewarded for my new subscription as Tim has just posted an interview with Robert Scoble. In this, the first installment, he asks Scoble how he manages reading 622 feeds, which is about the amount I am subscribed to in NetNewsWire. Scoble uses GoogleReader and some different strategies than I do, but for anyone interested in how to manage large numbers of feeds, it might be worth it. I’ve read Scoble for some time, so I enjoyed seeing him talk about the process, too.

Tim has also posted a second installment of the interview with Scoble, this one about how he manages… over 10,000 email… Sheesh: How Scoble Absorbs 10,000+ E-mail

*Note: For some reason the audio book won’t play on my iPod. Anyone have any idea why?

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