2023 Thoughts
✦ February
🌱 Atomic essays
Have you heard of the term "atomic essay" coined by the Ship-30-by-30 creators? It's a fascinating
2022 Thoughts
✦ December
Write first, present later
Writing first and presenting later is one of the best pieces of advice I get in my career.
2022 Thoughts
✦ December
🌱 Morning page
Morning pages was mentioned on Julia’s book The Artist’s way.
Every morning, you write three pages in a
2022 Thoughts
✦ December
🌱 From Collector to Creator
We often hoard information because it gives us an illusion of knowledge. We consume too much, but we don’t
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 The point of taking notes is to think better
We have a habit of taking notes and saving valuable things.
But in the end, those ideas get forgotten and
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 The new success metric for a knowledge worker is the number of evergreen notes written per day
While reading more notes from Andy Matuschak, I went from hope to disappointment to enlightening.
The light today is I
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
Learn in public
The fear of being judged leads us to learn and think privately. But teaching people is the best way to
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 Evergreen notes
Evergreen notes are similar to permanent notes or Zettels from The Zettelkasten note-taking method. I prefer the name evergreen notes because it’s human and inspiring.
2022 Thoughts
✦ November
🌱 A digital garden
A digital garden is a place to plant the seeds for future ambitious works. It was seeded with many [[🌱 Evergreen notes]] and linked to each other.
You’re saying sorry too much
Saying sorry is a good habit, but saying it too much is the contrast. Sometimes, we apologize too much and it affects your presence. Replace sorry with a better phrase will make your ideas more compelling and show up stronger.
2020 Thoughts
✦ January
The secret of writing
What’s the primary purpose of your headline, your graphic, your font, and any other part of the writing?