As I mentioned earlier this year one of my goals was to be more selfish and address personal needs. I’ve been selfish and as a result have checked off some items from my never ending to do list. For those of you new to Skrinkylinks they are basically a collection of articles that I’ve read over the past week that I found value in. Most of them have to do with psychology and matters of the mind while some don’t. Enjoy your weekend!

• When my wife can’t find her keys, I assume it is because she is careless. [Mind Hacks]
• Caffeine vs. other stimulants for cognitive enhancement [PLoS ONE]
• How Technical Analysis Investing Will Eventually Leave You Penniless [NuWire]
• Staying focused on our goals detracts from the inherent pleasures of the activities we need to pursue to achieve those goals. [The 99%]
• Humans have an innate tendency to focus on the negative [Canada]
• Automatic Drive: How Unconscious Cognitive Biases Help Fire Our Motivation [PsyBlog]
• The duration of habit formation is likely to differ depending on who you are and what you are trying to do. [UCL]
• Free beer: The truth about dishonesty [RSA]
• Attention is a cognitive component of visual perception [Bmed Report]
• The mind of the prodigy [The Creativity Post]