How to Get Smarter, Be More Productive, and Do Everything with Zero Effort

http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/03/10-ways-to-get-smarter-be-more-productive-and-do-everything-with-zero-effort/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+68131+%28Farnam+Street%29

by dynamic99 • 12 years ago

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namenotrequired• 12 years ago

I misread it as "...with zero effect", and the article was exactly what I expected it to be.

Spongeroberto• 12 years ago

Only reason I clicked this link is because the title was so ridiculous I expected satire. I don't even bother clicking links like "X ways to..." or "Y reasons to" or "Z people who". These are pretty much always useless articles that have next to no content, but still find a way to spread that little content over multiple pages to maximize the number of intrusive ads they can give you.

I wish people would stop trying to be sneaky and start using sensible titles to articles. But traffic is everything, so they won't. Even good articles hide the main topic in their titles now. It's sad.

I keep imagining a newspaper in 1914 stating "The nation that violated Belgium's neutrality - find out who inside"

mikeash• 12 years ago

My favorite version of this:

RUSSIAN TANKS STEAMROLLING THROUGH NEW JERSEY - Details at 11

Jugurtha• 12 years ago

_I don't even bother clicking links like "X ways to..." or "Y reasons to" or "Z people who"_

Have you seen the other blog posts ?

- Contagious: 6 Reasons Things Catch On - 5 Short Reads to Expand Your Mind

The article is so ridiculous that you know the guy did it on purpose.

return0• 12 years ago

I was initially afraid someone stole my secrets, but turns out that isn't the case, thank god.

kybernetikos• 12 years ago

Not sure why anyone would post a blog about the fact that someone is going to use less link-bait titles in future under a link-bait title to hacker news.

This is one of the many situations in which the preference for article titles as headlines on HN doesn't work well. Other situations are when I need some context about why I should care (like who is saying the thing in the title), when the title is really boring or obvious by itself, or when the title has only the vaguest relationship to the content.

thinkersilver• 12 years ago

Clicked on this because the title didn't have the 10 ways in it. Some have already commented on the link baitedness of the title, so shan't. I was ready to dismiss the site entirely after realizing I had been duped into reading aired frustrations when I stumbled across his mental models page as I looked for escape. Nice Summary!

One of the very few times distrust has turned to glee in a split second. I happen to be looking at mental models at the moment to improve my processes and daily decision making. Bump for the incidental discovery.

kirbyk• 12 years ago

Tim Ferriss would disagree with every premise in this article.

How to Get Smarter, Be More Productive, and Do Everything with Zero Effort

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