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This makes me wonder... What "for dummies" books should I be using as checklists right now? Time to set a 5-minute timer and think about it.
What did you come up with?
I haven't actually found the right books yet, but these are the things where I decided I should find some "for beginners" text. the important insight is that I'm allowed to use these books as skill/practice/task checklists or catalogues, rather than ever reading them all straight through.
General interest:
Career
Networking
Time management
Fitness
For my own particular professional situation, skills, and interests:
Risk management
Finance
Computer programming
SAS
Finance careers
Career change
Web programming
Research/science careers
Math careers
Appraising
Real Estate
UNIX
For fitness, I'd found Liam Rosen's FAQ (the 'sticky' from 4chan's /fit/ board) to be remarkably helpful and information-dense. (Mainly, 'toning' doesn't mean anything, and you should probably be lifting heavier weights in a linear progression, but it's short enough to be worth actually reading through.)
The For Dummies series is generally very good indeed. Yes.