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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle
Solitude is not loneliness. Here's the key philosophical difference. - Big Think
The very fact that you need to fight the urges to procrastinate means you’re doing it wrong.
Every productivity thought I've ever had, as concisely as possible - Alexey Guzey
here may be people who know more about physics, cricket, and comedy, for example, than you do, but you might be the only person in the world – the world expert – on how those three things overlap. You’d be surprised at how deep niches are on the internet – there are big markets for seemingly tiny Personal Monopolies.
Education on the Funtier
never judge without the denominator
How to pick a winning startup - by Linda - Product Lessons
Does the product get better over time as the customer uses it more?
How to pick a winning startup - by Linda - Product Lessons
the early employees could easily get great jobs elsewhere, but have chosen to bet on the place.
How to pick a winning startup - by Linda - Product Lessons
a great product attracts customers, a great interview process attracts the right employees
How to pick a winning startup - by Linda - Product Lessons
One test is to offer unsolicited feedback
How to pick a winning startup - by Linda - Product Lessons
capital is cheap. Quality of capital is not
How to pick a winning startup - by Linda - Product Lessons
Zettelkasten method is about optimizing your workflow of learning and producing knowledge
A Beginner’s Guide to the Zettelkasten Method - Zenkit
myriad of information or while analysing any given context
A Beginner’s Guide to the Zettelkasten Method - Zenkit
topic or idea we are writing about is part of a bigger topic or is information accredited to someone or someplace else
A Beginner’s Guide to the Zettelkasten Method - Zenkit
Taking literature notes adds context and helps you remember the thoughts you had when reading or writing down the information.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Zettelkasten Method - Zenkit
Each note has a distinct objective and serves a specific function
A Beginner’s Guide to the Zettelkasten Method - Zenkit
three main types of notes:
A Beginner’s Guide to the Zettelkasten Method - Zenkit
Niklas Luhmann is the brain behind the system
A Beginner’s Guide to the Zettelkasten Method - Zenkit
he Zettelkasten method can be explained as an index card knowledge management system that helps you to retain information that resonates with you, which you then organize, identify, and categorize, to ultimately convert into creative output.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Zettelkasten Method - Zenkit
The word ‘kasten’ literally translates to box.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Zettelkasten Method - Zenkit
‘zettel’ is a slip or note of paper. Information we wish to keep gets written on a Zettel.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Zettelkasten Method - Zenkit
Zettelkasten is a german word which translates to ‘note box’.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Zettelkasten Method - Zenkit
In a way, you develop a web of knowledge and build up a “second brain” of all the information that you collect to help fuel an emergent approach of thinking.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Zettelkasten Method - Zenkit
The Zettelkasten method encourages you to connect the dots between different trains of thought and knowledge.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Zettelkasten Method - Zenkit
Focus on these multipliers. Because A chain is as strong as its weakest link. A system is as fast as its narrowest bottleneck. An automobile production line manufactures cars at a rate that approximates the time taken by the slowest stage in the manufacturing process. A sales pitch is as strong as its answer to the customer's core objection.
He's a 10, but *insert dealbreaker here*
Through consciousness, creativity, and intention.
Why You Won't Change (How To Reinvent Yourself) - Dan Koe
People are losing trust in externally assigned hierarchies of goals whether it be from corporate culture, organized religions, or formal education.
Why You Won't Change (How To Reinvent Yourself) - Dan Koe
Humans are the only beings that equate the death of a belief to physical death.
Why You Won't Change (How To Reinvent Yourself) - Dan Koe
Fermi estimates can help you become more efficient in your day-to-day life, and give you increased confidence in the decisions you face.
Fermi Estimates - LessWrong
fter a joke about how physicists oversimplify things to make calculations feasible:
Fermi Estimates - LessWrong
Often, getting an estimate within a factor of 10 or 20 is enough to make a decision. So Fermi estimates can save you a lot of time, especially as you gain more practice at making them.
Fermi Estimates - LessWrong
Essentially, putting prisoners in a coma establishes “years of life” as an acceptable and measurable payment for a wrong done.
Instead of the death penalty, let's put dangerous criminals in a coma - Big Think
Justice means just deserts. A good punishment is that which restores some kind of balance sheet.
Instead of the death penalty, let's put dangerous criminals in a coma - Big Think
harm them in such a way that they understand harm is being done in return for what, at least allegedly, they did.
Instead of the death penalty, let's put dangerous criminals in a coma - Big Think
Close your eyes. For three slow breaths, focus all of your attention on what you can feel within your body. Examples of internal sensations might include your breath, your heartbeat, or the feeling of your feet touching the ground. Open your eyes. Look at a part of your body. For example, the palm of your hand. Keep 90% of your attention on your internal sensations still. But direct 10% of your attention to the part of your body you’re looking at. Do this for three slow breaths. Now look at something which is outside of your body. If you’re inside, it might be an object on the other side of th…
The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals - Superorganizers - Every
Here’s the 5 step process:
The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals - Superorganizers - Every
So staring at a fixed point is a super simple way of simultaneously shifting yourself into extrapersonal space and jacking up your physiology. A goal pursuit double whammy.
The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals - Superorganizers - Every
We are placing our focus outside our body, and therefore we are placing the brain into goal pursuit mode.
The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals - Superorganizers - Every
Focus your visual attention on a single point for 30-60 seconds.
The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals - Superorganizers - Every
one of the most powerful productivity hacks in all of neuroscience:
The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals - Superorganizers - Every
Positive visualization makes you feel great now. And if you already feel great now, why bother chasing after your goal? For this reason, it’s actually associated with a drop in systolic blood pressure
The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals - Superorganizers - Every
all goals are surprisingly useless without a certain type of plan.
The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals - Superorganizers - Every
For certain goals and skills, knowing how to use the 85% rule to achieve an optimal rate of improvement is straightforward. It’s working at a level of challenge where 85% of your code is clean, 85% of your darts, pucks, and balls hit their targets, and perhaps you get one word wrong in every sentence of a new language.
The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals - Superorganizers - Every
the amygdala, the basal ganglia, the bilateral prefrontal cortex, and the orbitofrontal cortex.
The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals - Superorganizers - Every
No matter who you are, and no matter what kind of goal you’re pursuing, there’s a single brain circuit that governs all goal related behavior.
The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals - Superorganizers - Every
“The frog in the well knows nothing of the mighty ocean.” — Japanese Proverb
How to Make Smart Decisions Without Getting Lucky - Farnam Street
We’re unintentionally stupid
How to Make Smart Decisions Without Getting Lucky - Farnam Street
What distinguishes consistently good decision-makers from poor ones is a series of diverse mental frameworks and tools (as well as relevant specific information).
How to Make Smart Decisions Without Getting Lucky - Farnam Street
What matters is that you get good at embracing uncertainty and making moves that promise good work, without worrying too much about “moving up the ladder.” Focus on gaining skill, experience and perspective. In the long run, no one can take that from you.
Busting the myth of the career ladder. - by Mustafa
it’s really difficult to see where all the combination of skills will eventually get you while you’re getting them. It’s only when you look back that you can make sense of how every move was an important piece in your puzzle.
Busting the myth of the career ladder. - by Mustafa
allows you to unlock a second dimension to the limiting "career ladder” metaphor.
Busting the myth of the career ladder. - by Mustafa
wrong notion that the only way you should be moving in your career is up. And that a career switch would mean completely getting down from one ladder and climbing up another from the very first rung.
Busting the myth of the career ladder. - by Mustafa