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Learning how to learn
3 min · · We spend years of our lives attending school, but there are many life skills missing from the typical curriculum. Critical thinking, constructive conversations, handling money, business writing, time… · Shared by 260, including Stefan Diepolder, Tauno, Essaadi, Ильшат Миннуллин, Evan (he/him), Matthias 🔥 I help you waste less time
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How to think better
6 min · · Learn how to think better with a guide on decision-making frameworks, cognitive biases, mental models, and tools for thought. · Shared by 648, including Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Antonio Ramos, Evan (he/him), Katja Evertz, Rich, Josh Blaha, fnord, James, Mario Clemente, Ahiesh PVS, Tom Connor, Bernhard Huessy, Gio Tiongson
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Procrastination triggers: eight reasons why you procrastinate
4 min · · Productivity systems often focus on how to do the work. However, it is crucial to understand why we are struggling to do the work in the first place. Often, our procrastination triggers are emotional… · Shared by 696, including Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Dr Ellie Murray, ScD, Evan (he/him), Vincenzo Tremonte, Ⓓarío Macchi, Stephanie A Kowalski
doctorow.medium.com
The Memex Method
13+ min · · When your commonplace book is a public database · Shared by 235, including Walter Hickey, Mathew Ingram, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Evan (he/him), DeLong🖖, anildash.com
Literary Hub
Meaning in the Margins: On the Literary Value of Annotation
5 min · · “The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers.” –Toni Morrison, 1993 Nobel Lecture * In 1993, Morrison was awarded … · Shared by 179, including Esther Schindler, Evan (he/him)
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Habits, routines, rituals
· Both habits and routines are repeated actions, but habits happen with little or no conscious thought, whereas routines require a higher degree of effort. · Shared by 26, including Evan (he/him), Vitor Furtado Silva, Anne-Laure Le Cunff
samcharrington.com
A Revolution in Networked Thought
4 min · · What’s emerging in the note-taking space will prove to be as important for those who work with ideas as the advent of the spreadsheet was for those who work with numbers. · Shared by 6, including Evan (he/him)
raulpacheco.org
A few strategies to “stay on top of the literature” (more like, “catching up with the literature”
5 min · · Shared by 8, including Evan (he/him), pkashwan.bsky.social
axle.design
Systemics and design principles in support of Tiago Forte’s PARA framework
8 min · · Tiago Forte's PARA system is a popular new approach to organizing your digital materials. I explain its usefulness with reference to some principles from systemic design. · Shared by 12, including Evan (he/him)
Tiago Forte
Progressive Summarization: A Practical Technique for Designing Discoverable Notes
12+ min · · Series Navigation: Progressive SummarizationProgressive Summarization II: Examples and Metaphors >> Modern digital tools make it easy to “capture” information from a wide variety of sources. We know… · Shared by 91, including Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Vitor Furtado Silva, Evan (he/him), Ricardo Yasuda, Oscar MacDonald, Gabriele
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5 steps to study with Obsidian
7 min · · Overview I have to study for a British Computer society exam.The exam covers topics from a textbook plus four different courses that I have attended. Each of those courses comes with printed slides… · Shared by 6, including Evan (he/him)
nileswyler.medium.com
Why I Switched: A deep dive into Roam vs. Obsidian
· 6000 words discussing the differences and why you might choose one over the other · Shared by 30, including Evan (he/him), Ines Bieler, Jose Paul Martin
zettelkasten.de
Backlinking Is Not Very Useful
4 min · · Disclaimer: I talked with Christian about what backlinks are. I don’t mean it as a technical concept like software and web developers would use the term. To me, a backlink is a link that allows you to… · Shared by 12, including maxadorno, Evan (he/him)
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9 useful templates for Roam Research
3 min · · In this article, we explore nine helpful Roam templates you can copy and paste in your database to start using straight away. · Shared by 54, including Anne-Laure Le Cunff, maxadorno, Evan (he/him)
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From note-taking to note-making
3 min · · Note-taking is fast, uses the original author's language, and feels easier. Note-making is slower, more involved, and uses your own language. · Shared by 481, including Vitor Furtado Silva, Gabriele, Esther Schindler, Jessel Sookha, Mark Kaigwa, Jeremy Caplan, Luminous Kaleidoscope, Stephanie A Kowalski, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Evan (he/him)
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Altered states of consciousness: the elusiveness of the mind
4 min · · Altered states of consciousness may immediately bring to mind psychedelics or hypnosis, but there are many ways to induce such non-ordinary states. But first, a conundrum. In order to define altered… · Shared by 219, including Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Evan (he/him)