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A THREAD on unique & interesting ideas shared by Tiago Forte ( @fortelabs):
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I have no interest in learning to code.
I prefer to program people.
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I have no interest in learning to code.
I prefer to program people.
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Every single aspect of life gets easier when you know how to write well.
It’s the closest thing to a life cheat code.
Every single aspect of life gets easier when you know how to write well.
It’s the closest thing to a life cheat code.
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Most people starting out are worried about quality,
when they should focus on quantity.
Publish something every week for a year,
and then you'll just start having insight into what you should be creating,
in what form, how, and why.
Most people starting out are worried about quality,
when they should focus on quantity.
Publish something every week for a year,
and then you'll just start having insight into what you should be creating,
in what form, how, and why.
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How to write better:
Fewer "ands"
Fewer commas
Fewer adjectives
More adverbs
More specifics
More metaphors
How to write better:
Fewer "ands"
Fewer commas
Fewer adjectives
More adverbs
More specifics
More metaphors
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If you can figure out how to get people to consume your content for free,
you’re 80% of the way there to being able to sell it.
Attention is far more scarce than money.
If you can figure out how to get people to consume your content for free,
you’re 80% of the way there to being able to sell it.
Attention is far more scarce than money.
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Advice: find someone whose work you admire and who has shared a lot of free content
Go back to the point in time when they were where you are now
Consume their content in chronological order from this point forward and watch their evolution in hyperspeed
Advice: find someone whose work you admire and who has shared a lot of free content
Go back to the point in time when they were where you are now
Consume their content in chronological order from this point forward and watch their evolution in hyperspeed
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I highly recommend having Secret Long-Distance Mentors
These are inspiring ppl who you’ve decided in your mind are your mentors, without telling them which would be awkward
I have about 15 of them most of whom I’ve never met in person
I highly recommend having Secret Long-Distance Mentors
These are inspiring ppl who you’ve decided in your mind are your mentors, without telling them which would be awkward
I have about 15 of them most of whom I’ve never met in person
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Learning should be:
Automated, not accelerated
Informal, not highly structured
Systemic, not systematic
Pull, not push
Just-in-time, not just-in-case
Slow burn, not heavy lift
LIFO, not FIFO
Minimum necessary, not maximum
Accessed, not memorized
Passive, not planned
Learning should be:
Automated, not accelerated
Informal, not highly structured
Systemic, not systematic
Pull, not push
Just-in-time, not just-in-case
Slow burn, not heavy lift
LIFO, not FIFO
Minimum necessary, not maximum
Accessed, not memorized
Passive, not planned
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Learning is the ultimate form of procrastination
Learning is the ultimate form of procrastination
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How to make money online:
1. Learn a skill and offer it as a service
2. Profit
3. Productize your service
4. Profit
5. SaaS-ify your product
6. Profit
7. Create an info product on how you did it
8. Profit
9. Rinse and repeat
How to make money online:
1. Learn a skill and offer it as a service
2. Profit
3. Productize your service
4. Profit
5. SaaS-ify your product
6. Profit
7. Create an info product on how you did it
8. Profit
9. Rinse and repeat
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The more ideas you write down, the more you have
The more you tweet, the more things you have to tweet
The more you write, the more things you have to say
Publishing causes new ideas, not the other way around
The more ideas you write down, the more you have
The more you tweet, the more things you have to tweet
The more you write, the more things you have to say
Publishing causes new ideas, not the other way around
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The most important thing to do with ideas is to keep them moving – through other people's heads, down the page, across the internet – it doesn't matter.
As soon as an idea stops moving it starts decaying.
Ideas are highly perishable.
The most important thing to do with ideas is to keep them moving – through other people's heads, down the page, across the internet – it doesn't matter.
As soon as an idea stops moving it starts decaying.
Ideas are highly perishable.
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PSA: no one, not anyone ever, has a right to even one second of your attention
You don’t have to reply to or even look at every email, DM, reply, or mention
Attention is the basis of all human rights
Protect yours
PSA: no one, not anyone ever, has a right to even one second of your attention
You don’t have to reply to or even look at every email, DM, reply, or mention
Attention is the basis of all human rights
Protect yours
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My rules for replying to replies to my tweets:
If beneficial to both of us = reply
If beneficial to one of us = like
If beneficial to no one = do nothing
My rules for replying to replies to my tweets:
If beneficial to both of us = reply
If beneficial to one of us = like
If beneficial to no one = do nothing
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It is physically painful to spend time performing a task far below your capabilities and potential.
It is physically painful to spend time performing a task far below your capabilities and potential.
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One of the most important mindset shifts for your productivity:
seeing your to do's as options or possibilities,
instead of burdens or obligations
One of the most important mindset shifts for your productivity:
seeing your to do's as options or possibilities,
instead of burdens or obligations
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All I want is to live a life of creative inspiration and be daily overwhelmed by the sheer wonder of reality while working alongside my friends for a purpose that transcends us all.
Is that too much to ask
All I want is to live a life of creative inspiration and be daily overwhelmed by the sheer wonder of reality while working alongside my friends for a purpose that transcends us all.
Is that too much to ask
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In the near future, book proposals will just be 3 numbers:
1. Size of your email list
2. Open rate
3. Click rate
In the near future, book proposals will just be 3 numbers:
1. Size of your email list
2. Open rate
3. Click rate
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How to read non-fiction books:
1. Read first 30%
2. Stop & save highlights to a digital notes app
3. Add summary of how/when you think this material would be most useful
4. Search these notes next time you start a project
5. Finish reading books most likely to be useful
How to read non-fiction books:
1. Read first 30%
2. Stop & save highlights to a digital notes app
3. Add summary of how/when you think this material would be most useful
4. Search these notes next time you start a project
5. Finish reading books most likely to be useful
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I finally realized why I generally dislike consuming audio & video: I’m not able to use any of my strengths in reading speed/comprehension, info processing, note taking, deeper reflection, & skipping/scanning. It’s like being stuck in the slow lane with steering wheel locked
I finally realized why I generally dislike consuming audio & video: I’m not able to use any of my strengths in reading speed/comprehension, info processing, note taking, deeper reflection, & skipping/scanning. It’s like being stuck in the slow lane with steering wheel locked
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The world’s problems are splitting into two types:
1. Factual questions that Google answers before you’re even done typing
2. Deep, complex challenges requiring years of study to understand properly
The world’s problems are splitting into two types:
1. Factual questions that Google answers before you’re even done typing
2. Deep, complex challenges requiring years of study to understand properly
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The dirty little secret of feedback is that you really only need your own.
It’s quite rare for someone to give you anything truly useful.
But you do need to see the world through their eyes to figure out what it is you already know.
The dirty little secret of feedback is that you really only need your own.
It’s quite rare for someone to give you anything truly useful.
But you do need to see the world through their eyes to figure out what it is you already know.
