From the first chapter in Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography:
A question was once, somehow or other, started between Collins and me, of the propriety of educating the female sex in learning, and their abilities for study. He was of opinion that it was improper, and that they were naturally unequal to it. I took the contrary [...]
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a lot of Mann this week
This is a great speech Merlin Mann held at MaxFunCon. He discusses creativity, the importance of learning how to start, being okay with sucking and tolerating ambiguity.
from The Sound of Young America
Also, Merlin Mann was recently on The marketplace of ideas with Colin Marshall. If you’re a fan of Mann, [...]
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On creative procrastination and letting your ideas develop in your subconscious mind while you do other things.
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Sometimes it might feel like you’re the only one procrastinating, that you’re the only one who doesn’t start working in time. A look at the procrastination research shows that most people procrastinate to a degree and that procrastination is a major problem for a large part of the population.
academic procrastination
For many students procrastination is an [...]
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I try hard to identify my most dangerous patterns of thought, but since the most dangerous ones are by definition those difficult to detect or apt to masquerade as beneficial, progress is slow. By “dangerous”, I generally mean the ones that excuse mediocrity. Procrastination’s thousand guises provide ready, accessible examples: “I’ll work on the project [...]
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My cross-country trip had been based on an assumption and a gamble. The assumption was that the borrower was going to stop payment on the $15,000 check; the gamble was that he would make the mistake of procrastinating and not take care of the matter until the bank opened the next morning.
I grabbed a couple [...]
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Have you noticed how much easier it is to write a short comment on a blog than to write an article?
The small text area and the button labeled “Preview” removes a lot of the pressure from writing. The subject is clear and delimited – you know what you want to say.
You’re agreeing or disagreeing with [...]
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