Thread by @jmikolay

In the past six months @david_perell has tweeted 3,000 times.

I combined all of them together and distilled the content from 320 pages to ten. The result is a summary of his big ideas, in three parts...

Behold Part 1⃣: David's Writing Philosophy

Write online...
🔹The internet rewards people who are prolific
🔹The internet rewards people who think well
🔹The internet rewards people who are different
🔹The internet rewards people who are domain experts
🔹The internet rewards people who are curious and ambitious

Write online…
🔹It’s the seed of entrepreneurship
🔹It’s one of the world’s biggest arbitrage opportunities
🔹It’s how you show curiosity, commitment, and diligence
🔹It’s how you get compound interest on your ideas

Write online…
🔹Shrink the world
🔹Attract like-minded people
🔹Build your network

Write online…
🔹Share what you’re learning
🔹Find the courage to publish
🔹Build an asset few have
🔹Create your own serendipity

Take notes…
🔹Stand out
🔹Write fast
🔹Write better

Build a note-taking system…
🔹Manufacture an arsenal of ideas
🔹Become prolific
🔹Keep it messy (breed serendipity)

Write everyday…
🔹It’s a serendipity vehicle
🔹It makes you a better observer
🔹People give you their attention
🔹A massive audience is waiting for you

Write everyday…
🔹Write down your epiphanies
🔹Choose topics no one is writing about
🔹Build a Colosseum of Ideas
🔹Make ideas building blocks (which you can put into different arrangements)

Write summaries and long-form essays…
🔹Learn fast
🔹Sharpen thinking
🔹Attract curious people
🔹Attract smart readers
🔹Receive interesting emails

Build an audience…
🔹Help people
🔹Teach people
🔹Entertain people

Build an audience…
🔹Open source your workflow
🔹Create an online home
🔹Gain a cheat code for life

Build a personal website…
🔹It’s your resume
🔹It’s your store
🔹It’s your museum

Be differentiated…
🔹Find your unique obsession
🔹Be known for something
🔹Be the only person who does what you do
🔹Build a personal monopoly (a unique set of skills)
🔹Use that monopoly to teach

Be a conscious consumer…
🔹The best content is getting better
🔹Have self-control in a world of abundance
🔹Ignore daily news (it limits your rate of learning)
🔹Skip newspapers (read books instead)
🔹Read old books
🔹Obsess over your favorite writers

In general…
🔹Make things (to learn faster)
🔹Read outside your industry (think originally)
🔹Learn from great teachers (not experts)
🔹Make yourself lucky (create value, tell people)
🔹Make creative space (if you want to make things)
🔹Study creators (watch how ideas spread)

In general…
🔹Don’t be original (build on the ideas of others)
🔹Curate (good taste is a business model)
🔹Compete against history (not people)
🔹Be anti-mimetic (copy people who don’t copy people)
🔹Forget scale (find your tribe)
🔹Put practice first (and theory second)

Find the rest here...

Part 2⃣: David's Writing Tips
Part 3⃣: David's Curated Quotes

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