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hannah ludlow
- The Power of Rituals. — Rituals are very important to keep out decisional clutters. You set up rules and constraints when you work. Newport recommends three points for rituals. “Great minds think like artists but work like accountants”. Account for every minute you work.
- Set up your place and decide how much time you want to work — Set it up before
Notes from my reading: Deep Work by Cal Newport
As a novice most things are boring. As a master almost everything is interesting!
- One strategy for an interesting life: learn lots about lots!
Mind ability = Improvable = 1. Knowledge level * 2. Thinking speed * 3. Synthesis ability — Cloud Streaks
The brands that win in a more noetic future will be the ones with deeper POV’s that help guide us into the unknown. We desperately need a more revitalizing, bold and enchanting form of mythmaking.
Zach Lamb • The Noetic Future of Culture and Brands
The three most powerful motives are curiosity, delight, and the desire to do something impressive. Sometimes they converge, and that combination is the most powerful of all.
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
sometimes people ask something like “do you think this could work?” and I sorta waffle around on it
but I realize my truer answer is something like: it’ll probably work IF *you* believe it will work and *you* commit to making it work for 7+ years
Visakan Veerasamyx.comThe idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. It’s not about the formal credentials. It’s fundamentally about play . It seems to describe a life where it’s just fun to be reading, learning, writing, and collaborating on... See more
Celine Nguyen • research as leisure activity
The overarching takeaway we want you to have here is that the more specific you can be about what you’re writing about, what outcome(s) you want your readers to achieve, and who your readers are, the more differentiated you’ll be.