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by sayemm 15y ago
"The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance" - http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Expertise-Performance-Handbo... Here are some excerpts: - http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/ericsson/ericsson.exp.perf.ht... - http://www.psy.f
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Don't Underestimate Beachhead Strategy(timberry.bplans.com)
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In Search of the Real Bill Gates (1997)(time.com)
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Kevin Dai: Comsenz founder preferred programming to people(bbc.co.uk)
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Buffett's most favorite founder in Berkshire Hathaway, Rose Blumkin, is the ultimate example of grit: http://www.buffettsecrets.com/rose-blumkin-nebraska-furnitur... http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/13/business/rose-blumkin-reta... Also a
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Kicking Butt by the Numbers: Lanchester's Laws(gamasutra.com)
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Grit: The Top Predictor Of Success (fastcompany.com)
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Show HN: Web Startup Toolbar(chrome.google.com)
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How to Improve Your Concentration(lifehack.org)
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"The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance" is an awesome read, I recently bought it and started reading it. Here are some really cool excerpts from the book: http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/ericsson/ericsson.exp.perf.ht...
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Here's another awesome read by Munger that I'm a fan of: http://www.grahamanddoddsville.net/wordpress/Files/Gurus/Cha...
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- "Models of My Life" by Herbert A. Simon - "Poor Charlie's Almanack" by Charlie Munger
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How can musicians keep playing despite amnesia?(bbc.co.uk)
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Great post by James Altucher here, one of my favorites regarding luck and startups is also this one about market timing: "Market Timing is a Skill Not Luck" - http://altgate.com/blog/2008/12/market-timing-is-a-skill-not...
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Intuition has no transfer encoding (martin.kleppmann.com)
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"Many systems in society are basically poorly designed algorithms." - awesome quote
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This is an amazing blog, just ordered his book - thanks for posting this. I love the overall theme of his blog, which is that society brainwashes us, or most people, to derive utility out of life through consumerism and materialism. Jacob F
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TopCoder: Algorithm Tutorials(community.topcoder.com)
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Great post by Jeff Atwood here. It reminds me of this old RWW piece featuring SO and some great quotes by Spolsky: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/anthropology_the_art_of... "What we do have to think about [in the era of social netwo
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I hate the word "pivot" because it's over-abused in startup parlance, but I like it as a way to describe smart navigating -- not just in startups per say, but maybe also in the bigger game of life as well. I think it's important to remain f
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On the contrary, Buffett actually likes to invest in companies in which he can stay hands-off and not have any influence on the culture at all. He just likes to find real winners and help them keep winning. That's the significance of that q
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I included that Buffett piece not to argue against Justin Kan's write-up, but in full support of it. That Buffett quote goes to show just how resilient culture is for the long-haul in organizations, and how very important it is to set it ri
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"100% failure rate at trying to change a company's culture." - Buffett, http://billflagg.blogspot.com/2010/05/berkshire-hathaway-201...
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Cool article, this reminds me of how the memory championships mentioned in Joshua Foer's book "Moonwalking With Einstein" ( http://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Rememberi... ) all workout and watch their personal fitness in or
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I'm not going to comment about this comparison between SV and NYC, but I think it's really interesting how PG mentions that bit about Zuck crossing paths with Sean Parker. It reminds me of this clip from Stanford ecorner about how Max Levch
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I find it most ironic that the customer development guys are so fond of preaching their philosophy of how to properly build businesses, yet they're failed entrepreneurs and have yet to successfully prove themselves. They're better marketers
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Love this quote: ”That’s how we deal with scale,” Graham says. “We write more software and hire people.” Also true for startups.
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- "How to Win Friends and Influence People" as other mentioned here - join a Toastmaster's club. practice your speaking and presentation skills. - meetup.com is a great way to meet people with common interests in your local area
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Apple crowned No. 1 with biggest market cap(marketwatch.com)
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PlentyofFish.com is in .NET, here's their architecture: http://highscalability.com/plentyoffish-architecture

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