Connecting Dots
consume or create? consume to create, to connect the dots
Connect the dots. Notes shouldn’t exist in isolation. Link ideas together, even if they seem unrelated. Patterns emerge when you least expect them.
Jenn- jscreative • Turn Your Notes Into a Creative Lab
Think out loud. Copying a quote is fine, but arguing with it, remixing it, or applying it to something you’re working on makes it yours.
Jenn- jscreative • Turn Your Notes Into a Creative Lab
They focus less on consuming as much information as possible and more on cultivating the deepest possible understanding of the ideas that resonate with them most.
David Perell 12.20.2021
No matter how much wisdom you gain from the pages of your favorite author, if you haven’t experienced the visceral events that led to that wisdom yourself, then it’s just knowledge. Sure, you can leverage the hard-earned wisdom of others to help you, but understanding only happens when you earn that wisdom in the tumultuous arena of real life.
moretothat.com • Knowledge Is Not Understanding - More to That
Absorbing all kinds of worldviews and wisdom lays down a great foundation, but what is a foundation without building something on top of it?
Paul Jun • Connect The Dots: Strategies and Meditations On Self-education
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