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Meditations As A Commonplace Book
- Marcus Aurelius's Meditations reads like a commonplace book filled with others' lines and ideas.
- Collecting others' wisdom shows that original thought often builds on preserved sayings and observations.
Journals As Idea Savings Banks
- Great writers often mine their commonplace books for material, turning notes into essays and talks.
- Journals act as a savings bank of ideas that feed future creative work and problem solving.
Index Cards That Became The Daily Stoic
- Ryan Holiday describes his habit of collecting quotes and ideas on four-by-six note cards learned as a research assistant.
- Those cards became chapters, then books, and helped create The Daily Stoic.