📓 What I’ve Learned from 6 Years of Planning/Journaling
Philosopher and author Arthur Schopenhauer on the importance of reflection and contemplation rather than mere reading and research:
“You may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself; because only through ordering what you know by comparing... See more
“You may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself; because only through ordering what you know by comparing... See more
3-2-1: How to solve hard problems, the power of reflection, and the miracles of daily life
It is when you begin expressing your ideas and turning your knowledge into action that life really begins to change. You’ll read differently, becoming more focused on the parts most relevant to the argument you’re building. You’ll ask sharper questions, no longer satisfied with vague explanations or leaps in logic. You’ll naturally seek venues to
... See moreTiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Information becomes knowledge—personal, embodied, verified—only when we put it to use.
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Those who have spent their lives in reading, and taken their wisdom from books, are like people who have obtained precise information about a country from the descriptions of many travellers. Such people can tell a great deal about it; but, after all, they have no connected, clear, and profound knowledge of its real condition. But those who have
... See moreArthur Schopenhauer • On Thinking for Oneself
Writing
“You may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself; because only through ordering what you know by comparing every truth with every other truth can you take complete possession of your knowledge and get it into your power.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
Writing
Writing
Writing
Here's a simple calendar trick anyone can use:
(bookmark this and try it later)
There are 4 types of professional time:
1. Management
2. Creation
3. Consumption
4. Ideation
Management Time is... See more
Fractal journaling and random revisit
I use Obsidian’s unique note hotkey to write individual thoughts as they come up throughout the day. This automatically creates a note with the prefix `YYYY-MM-DD HHmm` to which I may append a title that describes the idea.
Every few days I review these... See more