links for 2006-09-19

• When winning is a bigger loss than losing
  Winning is not the opposite of losing all the time. Sometimes, it can be a bigger loss than losing.
  (tags: gtd self_improvement)
• Big hitters offer their takes on the meaning of success
  If I see something I don’t like, I try to change it, and if I can’t I change my position of looking at it: seeing it from a different angle I might be able to change it; or I might find some good in it that I can use, which might make it change itself.
  (tags: success entrepreneurship)
• How to Overcome Distractions Anytime
  The trick to doing this is by quantifying our experiences ie. measure how much enjoyment we hope to get by indulging in our distraction and then diminish that enjoyment in our minds to a level low enough that it is no longer appealing.
  (tags: gtd procrastination self_improvement)
• Job Interviews: When To Lie
  How does a job candidate handle embarrassing, possibly unethical questions from a hiring authority?
  (tags: interviewing)
• The strange world of digital music
  What’s particularly fascinating is how the market development contradicts the received wisdom about the evolution of technology markets: that technologies evolve from proprietary “integrated architectures” to open “modular architectures” as they mature.
  (tags: tech innovation)