Write to remember if there is no other context into which you can encode it: social exchanges, creation, publishing are much more memorable.
Write to remember if there is no other context into which you can encode it: social exchanges, creation, publishing are much more memorable.
My knowledge is embodied, often invisible: isn't everyone's?
Journaling is about capturing a chronological stream – the points in these lists are not necessarily related to one another. Zettelkasten is about extracting each point into a seperate note and placing it 'next to' something. It isn't necessary to write prose to integrate, it's a simpler act of contextualizing by position.
A spatial organization needs a spatial interface.
When introducing yourself into a new place: don't hide your wings; don't apologize for your shortcomings; be strong as yourself, tell people who you are.
[Institutional leverage silences the movement.]
[Passiveness will construct information, not knowledge.]
[Learning without exchanging with others can produce encyclopedic awareness that fails to be critical or read what isn't written.]
Creativity is answering "and then what".
[Vibe not bribe.]
Write when you have a clear intention. There is no need to force a process.
To make notes on what is not written. (What does the author leave out? What does it imply? What is nobody saying? What does nobody see?)
Generosity and kindness, to yourself and everyone.
Constantly seeking expansive experiences makes it less relevant to keep score or be petty.
[Reflect on what could have made a previous loss a future win.]
[Cleaning the house can be a way to become mindful of body movements and muscle sensations.]
Realizing that the interface was always creating several layers of abstraction that wasn't necessary to express ideas, at least initially. Work directly with the material.
The word practice is used to indicate a process, a non-binary state, a working towards something, a guiding oneself through the current moment. Other activities advance through directing the body, whereas meditation through directing the mind
[Ask questions before reading the book, perhaps by turning the headings into questions.]
[Explain it to yourself or someone else after, maybe publish your own summary online.]
[Share magic with those around you, create magicians.]
Great leaders take blame and pass along credit
To share an idea with someone as soon as you conceive it
[If someone's persuading you to buy something, you probably don't need it.]