Second brains are overrated. All the things I want to write about emerge spontaneously in my head and then hang out there for months or years. Eventually they come out. I still log notes from books and such. It's fun to sprinkle on insights but notes don't ship ideas.
Just publish the actual thing is way better than taking notes on the potential part of the thing. Do 100 as @visakanv says and then figure out where you are. A basic note system takes 10 mins to setup and will help a ton AFTER you start the ship wheels of motion.
This is more for solo creator mode who knows the thing they want to create. If you want to scale or build a company maybe it makes more sense but i dont know how to do that
Not trying to dunk on @fortelabs here. I read one of his articles three years ago and implemented a basic 80/20 note structure for my kindle books and web highlights and it has been awesome. But it worked well because I’d been consistently writing for 3 years at that point.

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UVA study of students who were asked to sit alone in a room for 15 minutes. Percent who decided to give themselves a painful shock.

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People do not like "doing nothing"

"Overall, participants did not enjoy engaging in mental
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Video discussing these findings: instagram.com/p/CLnn5zdnj1i/…
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More people should experiment with offering their courses in the spirit of a gift economy

When I first launched my consulting skills course I used a link people could click to ask for a free link.

Problem? Zero people actually used/took the course.

Heres how I made it better
I always want to be able to offer everything I'm doing through spirit of the gift economy. I highly recommend people try this.

Will you sacrifice revenue? Maybe. Will you connect with amazing motivated people around the world? Definitely.

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After inspiration from people like @ceisenstein who offered his living in the gift course as a gift and used an onboarding survey, I decided to try the same and combined with with @andrewjtaggart gift exercise he has used with people

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Most people I’ve met who tell me they want to make crap tons of money have a very detailed picture of what that money will do or why they want it. People who are just making high salaries and coasting rarely can articulate the same.
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1/ A thread about some of the cool things I've learned about Taiwan, some history, and experiences from living here

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1/ Starting a thread of bold promises from company career pages. Culture PR has gotten out of hand in the last 20 years. I don't think people realize how much its shaped the general expectations towards work.

1st example, Facebook: "do the most meaningful work of your career"
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"opportunities are limitless"
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(after you write your briefs)
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