Writing helps you to learn.
Reading @david_perell's Monday Musings newsletter this week, three quotes on writing stood out to me.
🧵 A short thread on writing to learn.
Reading @david_perell's Monday Musings newsletter this week, three quotes on writing stood out to me.
🧵 A short thread on writing to learn.
"Writing is humbling because you realize that you don’t understand things you thought you were an expert on."
Writing is the ultimate bullshit filter.
Until you try to explain something, you don't know if you grok it.
Writing is the ultimate bullshit filter.
Until you try to explain something, you don't know if you grok it.
"Writing things down is a portal to the highest levels of thinking, which is why mathematicians have the whiteboard and writers have the page."
Clear writing is a mark of clear thinking.
If your writing is muddy, that means you have more learning and writing to do.
Clear writing is a mark of clear thinking.
If your writing is muddy, that means you have more learning and writing to do.
"Learning in public motivates you to improve your thinking like inviting friends over to your house motivates you to clean. The eye of judgment is the seed of standards."
Writing online is the best way to gather feedback.
Share you ideas and you'll hear if they make sense.
Writing online is the best way to gather feedback.
Share you ideas and you'll hear if they make sense.
Speaking of writing in public to clarify your thoughts, check out this conversation between David and @jackbutcher.
They talk about sharing ideas freely and refining them in public, opening up themselves to everybody's feedback.
They talk about sharing ideas freely and refining them in public, opening up themselves to everybody's feedback.
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