What would a 6-month curriculum for knowledge workers look like?
Here’s an idea:
• Build a note-taking system
• Learn to write
• Build a personal website
• Nail the basics of design
• Make “inbox zero” a habit
Write well, build an audience, learn to organize your ideas.
Here’s an idea:
• Build a note-taking system
• Learn to write
• Build a personal website
• Nail the basics of design
• Make “inbox zero” a habit
Write well, build an audience, learn to organize your ideas.
Knowledge work is nothing like industrial work.
But knowledge work culture doesn’t reflect that. People focus too much on their day-to-day tasks at the expense of meta-skills — which take time to build but give you tremendous leverage over your attention
But knowledge work culture doesn’t reflect that. People focus too much on their day-to-day tasks at the expense of meta-skills — which take time to build but give you tremendous leverage over your attention
Schools aren’t built to train knowledge workers.
And yet, thousands of them enter the workforce every year. Everybody’s focused on coding — which is a small fraction of the economic pie.
What about writing, design, knowledge management, audience building, and public speaking?
And yet, thousands of them enter the workforce every year. Everybody’s focused on coding — which is a small fraction of the economic pie.
What about writing, design, knowledge management, audience building, and public speaking?
