Ramses Oudt @rroudt, community manager at @logseq, will showcase the power of keeping a learn log. Using the power of outlines, links and queries, he's able to feed his brain and turn his notes into a personal wiki.
The #1 starter kit for linked notes anywhere on the planet has been downloaded โ 30,000 times.
Learn. Experiment by doing. Play in a sandbox of linked notes. It's free.
Here are the 7 additions I am most excited about in LYT Kit 6 in @obsdmd ๐
@obsdmd Linked thinking continues to explode in popularity.
That means the crowd is widening.
In the spring of 2020, LYT Kit 1 was born. It started with the Uber-nerds and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) crowds. They loved the "choose your own adventure" ethos.
@obsdmd And I loved not giving one-size-fits-all answers. But now that a wider audience wants in on the magic of linked notes, I owe it to complete beginners to give them a smoother intro. That means lowering the difficulty level from Legendary to Normal.
Small Wins foster a Sense of Control
In the literature, which I've forgotten, one of the most apparent attributes in building up desired habits is the concept of small wins.
Small Wins encourage Flow; and Flow encourages itself, so it's fair to say that: Small Wins create a Positive Feedback Loop. In terms of making notes in our PKM systems, Progressive Ideation.
I remember one example from "The Happiness Advantage" by Shawn Achor.
He wants to play the guitar more, so he removes it from the closet and places in prominently in his house. Now that he sees it, he plays it. This is also a strong instance of an important concept: Out of Sight, Out of Mind.
On your journey to happiness, you come to a fork in the road where upon two identical twin trolls with hooked noses and big, thick sausage fingers are lounging on five feet tall tree stumps eating rabbit. ๐ฐ
You've heard of these trollsโand this fork.
One fork on the road leads to Happiness ๐: where all your friends and family are waiting to throw you a party and play your favorite music and dance around the fire laughing...
What's up with public restrooms having all those scribbles on the walls?
I mean, who does that?
Well, one time I did.
First, some back story...I was 18 and back from my first semester in college. It was the holiday season. Christmas Eve actually. And my dad said we could open presents a day early if we solved his riddle.
So he gave us one of the best and hardest riddles of all time. A riddle for the ages. (I will share this elsewhere.)