First you do X
Then you make content about doing X
Then you make content about that content
Then you make content about that content
(loop)
One day you realize you haven't done X for six months
And there is only so much room for content at the highest levels of abstraction
First you do X Then you make content about doing X Then you make content about that content Then you make content about that content (loop) One day you realize you haven't done X for six months And there is only so much room for content at the highest levels of abstraction
To quote the always-brilliant Philip Kiely: “First you do X, then you make content about doing X, then you make content about that content… One day you realize you haven’t done X for six months. And there is only so much room for content at the highest levels of abstraction.”
Shaun Wang • The Meta-Creator Ceiling
This is what I do for everything I post:
- Write all of my thoughts on a subject.
- Argue against those ideas.
- Explore different angles until I’m sick of it.
- Leave it for a few days or years, then repeat those steps.
- Hate how messy these thoughts have become.
- Reduce them to a tiny outline of the key points.
- Post the outline. Trash the rest.
Brian Koberlein • P&B: Derek Sivers – Manu
Alex Dobrenko added
derek sivers’ process for working on a piece
muizz and added
There is always two things.
Number two doesn’t reveal itself until you’ve forgotten about number one.
- The work you are trying to make
- The work that you are actually making
Number two doesn’t reveal itself until you’ve forgotten about number one.
Alex Tan • #102 Keep it coming
Elena added
“I turn sentences around. That’s my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and I turn it around again. Then I have lunch. Then I come back in and write another sentence. Then I have tea and turn the new sentence around. Then I lie down on my sofa and think. Then I get up and throw them out and start from the beginning
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Preparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.
Telling people you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn't doing
the thing.
Writing a banger tweet about how you're going to ... See more
Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.
Telling people you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn't doing
the thing.
Writing a banger tweet about how you're going to ... See more
Things That Aren't Doing the Thing
andrea added
the only productivity advice you need
Action produces information. Just keep doing stuff.
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