I often wake up in the morning and think, I don't even know what I'm working toward. Then I just think, can I find or create three building blocks today? That's a thousand building blocks in one year,. A thousand notes that will be useful over the long term. If I finish the day and I've saved three things that are going to be evergreen and useful for the long term, my job is done. You're absolutely right. This is paradox, especially with creative work, where by the time you know what you want to create, it's almost in a sense too late to do the research. Also we live in a world of uncertainty. You just don
Today, Tiago Forte, author of “Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential,” says that if you want to accomplish a big goal, you must first stockpile small building blocks.
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