thinking

No one cares. None of it changes the outcome or solves the problems that still remain.

"Deconstruct the cool things you see.

If you'd like to become a better musician and you see an amazing performance, start paying attention to how they do it. How did they promote the event? What happens in the first ten seconds of each song? How frequently are they engaging directly with the audience? Is there a progression of energy throughout

"In order to get the results we desire, we must do two things. We must first create the space to reason in our thoughts, feelings, and actions; and second, we must deliberately use that space to think clearly. Once you have mastered this skill, you will find you have an unstoppable advantage."

the best way to discover and refine what we think is to write about it.

Sit still, and take the time to think or journal in COMPLETE sentences.

There are many inbuilt biological vulnerabilities that can impede good judgment: sleep deprivation, hunger, fatigue, emotion, distraction, stress from feeling rushed, and being in an unfamiliar environment are just some examples.

This does not mean that the left brain is fundamentally problematic. It provides us with deep insights. It enables us to think about something. Only the left hemisphere gives us the possibility to separate out individual qualities of the world and to see commonalities of individual qualities in what for the right brain are unique occurrences in the

The reason so many people have trouble writing is that it's fundamentally difficult. To write well you have to think clearly, and thinking clearly is hard.

When you don’t understand something, deconstruct. Deconstruction creates knowledge. You work backward from the end to understand how something was done.

When you want to create something original, though, deconstruct and recombine. Arranging common things in a new way creates value.