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Why I Built Beyond: Understanding the World and Yourself
I tried every note-taking tool I could find. They were all good at organizing. None of them made me think.
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Read more →Thoughts on thinking, writing, and making ideas your own.
I used to think I needed to figure things out before writing them down. Turns out writing is how you figure things out.
Most advice about reading sounds simple. Restate things in your own words. Read with a purpose. Reflect. The hard part isn't knowing what to do — it's actually doing it.
The most surprising thing about writing responses to what you read isn't the writing — it's going back months later and meeting who you used to be.
I had thousands of highlights and couldn't tell you what I actually thought about any of them. Turns out, saving isn't thinking.