Sam Levan
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Sam Levan
My Morning Routine: How Successful People Start Every Day Inspired
Benjamin Spall, Michael Xander
amazon.com
Personal operating system and Writing skills
In this book, the authors ask bunch of high-performing people what their morning look like. I like the format of doing interviews and the simplicity of the Q&A (versus doing a theoretical non-fiction book on morning routines).
Think about doing something like this for work.
What would be the question I would ask 50 people to answer?
Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.
John Maeda • The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
“Simple is nearly always better. But if it’s going to be complicated, then make sure the problem is worth the complexity. A great deal of time is wasted creating complex solutions to relatively unimportant problems.”
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: New Paths, the Danger of Complexity, and Making Fast Decisions - James Clear
What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Mornings--and Life (A Penguin Special from Por tfolio)
amazon.com
determining the actual problem takes time, but it’s far quicker than solving the wrong one and starting over.
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This says something similar to the saying “A problem well stated is a problem half solved.”
This quote is attributed to Charles Kettering, an American inventor and engineer.
Complexity can be tamed, but it requires considerable effort to do it well. Decreasing the number of buttons and displays is not the solution. The solution is to understand the total system, to design it in a way that allows all the pieces fit nicely together, so that initial learning as well as usage are both optimal. Years ago, Larry Tesler, then... See more
Don Norman • Living with Complexity (MIT Press)
A great post on how to journal. Keep it simple is number 1.
One of the most important feature of a PKM is the review of the notes inside.
Capturing and organizing are only useful if the PKM makes it easy to review and rework those notes.
See this quote.