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I combined all of them together and distilled the content from 320 pages to ten. The result is a summary of his big ideas, in three parts...
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Keycap digit one" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit one">: David& #39;s Writing Philosophy
I combined all of them together and distilled the content from 320 pages to ten. The result is a summary of his big ideas, in three parts...
Behold Part
Write online...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">The internet rewards people who are prolific
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">The internet rewards people who think well
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">The internet rewards people who are different
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">The internet rewards people who are domain experts
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">The internet rewards people who are curious and ambitious
Write online…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">It’s the seed of entrepreneurship
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">It’s one of the world’s biggest arbitrage opportunities
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">It’s how you show curiosity, commitment, and diligence
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">It’s how you get compound interest on your ideas
Write online…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Shrink the world
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Attract like-minded people
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Build your network
Write online…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Share what you’re learning
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Find the courage to publish
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Build an asset few have
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Create your own serendipity
Take notes…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Stand out
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Write fast
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Write better
Build a note-taking system…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Manufacture an arsenal of ideas
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Become prolific
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Keep it messy (breed serendipity)
Write everyday…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">It’s a serendipity vehicle
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">It makes you a better observer
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">People give you their attention
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">A massive audience is waiting for you
Write everyday…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Write down your epiphanies
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Choose topics no one is writing about
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Build a Colosseum of Ideas
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Make ideas building blocks (which you can put into different arrangements)
Write summaries and long-form essays…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Learn fast
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Sharpen thinking
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Attract curious people
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Attract smart readers
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Receive interesting emails
Build an audience…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Help people
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Teach people
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Entertain people
Build an audience…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Open source your workflow
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Create an online home
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Gain a cheat code for life
Build a personal website…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">It’s your resume
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">It’s your store
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">It’s your museum
Be differentiated…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Find your unique obsession
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Be known for something
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Be the only person who does what you do
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Build a personal monopoly (a unique set of skills)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Use that monopoly to teach
Be a conscious consumer…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">The best content is getting better
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Have self-control in a world of abundance
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Ignore daily news (it limits your rate of learning)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Skip newspapers (read books instead)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Read old books
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Obsess over your favorite writers
In general…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Make things (to learn faster)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Read outside your industry (think originally)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Learn from great teachers (not experts)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Make yourself lucky (create value, tell people)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Make creative space (if you want to make things)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Study creators (watch how ideas spread)
In general…
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Don’t be original (build on the ideas of others)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Curate (good taste is a business model)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Compete against history (not people)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Be anti-mimetic (copy people who don’t copy people)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Forget scale (find your tribe)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Put practice first (and theory second)
Find the rest here...
Parthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2⃣" title="Keycap digit two" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit two">: David& #39;s Writing Tips
Parthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3⃣" title="Keycap digit three" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit three">: David& #39;s Curated Quotes
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