The Sunday Summary: Brave browsing, experience, Beeper, and gratefulness
The Sunday Summary: Brave browsing, experience, Beeper, and gratefulness In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, June 3: A Brave new browser In an attempt to slowly de-Google my life, I’ve moved from Chrome to Brave for my daily browsing, and it was a pretty easy move. Tue, June 4: Do your years of experience matter? Having experience can be helpful, but it quickly becomes less helpful if you’re just ...
The algorithm can make social media really weird
The algorithm can make social media really weird While it seems the digital world is becoming more real-time, traditional social media is becoming more algorithm-driven and can lead to some weird posts. For example, here is a post from a friend that I saw earlier this year. The post appeared for me a few days after it was posted, and I have literally no idea what it was referring to.More recently was this one from another friend. It feels Olympics-related, but it was from a few days prior to ...
The Sunday Summary: Social media followers, value, and half-baked ideas
In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. **Mon, May 6: The value of having social media followers is plummeting**More social networks are starting to move to algorithms that prioritize content over followers, meaning any piece of content has a chance to do well (or fail), regardless the number of followers that you have. **Tue, May 7: Value is what people perceive it to be**What is “value” to you? It’s what...
Writing down an idea feels like a detour
At first glance, writing down ideas or thoughts seems like a waste of time. If you have an idea, act on it. If you have something to do, do it!
When it comes to to-do lists, we’ve all learned the value of them (and the satisfaction of crossing off items), and the same should be true of other ideas that come to mind. In his book “How to Take Smart Notes“, author Sonke Ahrens says:
“And while writing down an idea feels like a detour, extra time spent, not writing it down is the real waste of time, as it renders most of what we read as ineffectual.”
Not only is note taking not “a detour”, but it’s essential. I’ve mentioned many times on here my disappointment with my past self for not taking adequate notes from previous books I’ve read (most anything before 2020 or so), leading to me saying things like “Yes, I read that book. I remember thinking that it was great, but I can’t really tell you much about it.”. There’s not much value there.
If you’re reading for pleasure, then you should absolutely kick back and just enjoy the ride. However, if you’re reading to help make a change in your life, the reading will be largely ineffectual if notes and processes don’t go along with it.
Those processes are up to you to figure out (and I’ve shared many on this blog that you’re free to steal), but if you have some great tips please leave them in the comments below.
Writing down an idea feels like a detour
At first glance, writing down ideas or thoughts seems like a waste of time. If you have an idea, act on it. If you have something to do, do it!
When it comes to to-do lists, we’ve all learned the value of them (and the satisfaction of crossing off items), and the same should be true of other ideas that come to mind. In his book “How to Take Smart Notes“, author Sonke Ahrens says:
“And while writing down an idea feels like a detour, extra time spent, not writing it down is the real waste of time, as it renders most of what we read as ineffectual.”
Not only is note taking not “a detour”, but it’s essential. I’ve mentioned many times on here my disappointment with my past self for not taking adequate notes from previous books I’ve read (most anything before 2020 or so), leading to me saying things like “Yes, I read that book. I remember thinking that it was great, but I can’t really tell you much about it.”. There’s not much value there.
If you’re reading for pleasure, then you should absolutely kick back and just enjoy the ride. However, if you’re reading to help make a change in your life, the reading will be largely ineffectual if notes and processes don’t go along with it.
Those processes are up to you to figure out (and I’ve shared many on this blog that you’re free to steal), but if you have some great tips please leave them in the comments below.
The Sunday Summary: Brave browsing, experience, Beeper, and gratefulness
The Sunday Summary: Brave browsing, experience, Beeper, and gratefulness In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, June 3: A Brave new browser In an attempt to slowly de-Google my life, I’ve moved from Chrome to Brave for my daily browsing, and it was a pretty easy move. Tue, June 4: Do your years of experience matter? Having experience can be helpful, but it quickly becomes less helpful if you’re just ...
The algorithm can make social media really weird
The algorithm can make social media really weird While it seems the digital world is becoming more real-time, traditional social media is becoming more algorithm-driven and can lead to some weird posts. For example, here is a post from a friend that I saw earlier this year. The post appeared for me a few days after it was posted, and I have literally no idea what it was referring to.More recently was this one from another friend. It feels Olympics-related, but it was from a few days prior to ...
The Sunday Summary: Social media followers, value, and half-baked ideas
In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. **Mon, May 6: The value of having social media followers is plummeting**More social networks are starting to move to algorithms that prioritize content over followers, meaning any piece of content has a chance to do well (or fail), regardless the number of followers that you have. **Tue, May 7: Value is what people perceive it to be**What is “value” to you? It’s what...
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