“PKM is a systems approach to dealing with the firehose of fragmented information that bombards our headspace daily. Processes that help to efficiently gather, classify, store, search, and retrieve information that supports work activities and creative knowledge work (idea generation, insights, breakthroughs, big ideas, etc.).”
Great Art Doesn’t Have to Come out of Darkness
“I don’t believe that true creativeness comes out of misery and insanity.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“Everything we have today that’s cool comes from someone wanting more of something they loved in the past.” — Patton Oswalt
20 Things You Don’t Have To Do Tomorrow
Dear Overwhelmed,
I feel your pain.
We live in a stressful, pressure-packed, anxious time in which everything is judged and little ever seems to be enough for ourselves or others.
But there’s an antidote you can give yourself tomorrow.
The Power of Keeping Promises
“The promises that we make and we keep and those we choose to dishonor…that is what defines us and our character.”
Build for Yourself First, Your Friends Second, and the World Third
“You should be making work that you enjoy, that you need, that you want to hold in your hands or use.”
100 Resources That Will Make You a Better Writer
“Books, Essays, Websites, Quotes, Lists, Advice, Movies . . . Whew.”
Why You Should Treat Your Weekend like a Vacation
“When people are nudged to treat a weekend as a vacation they return to work on Monday happier than the control group that spent their weekend doing the same-old same-old.”
Artists Become Famous Through Their Friends, Not Their Originality
“Artists with a large and diverse network of contacts were most likely to be famous, regardless of how creative their art was.”
The Four Kinds of Luck
“If I lost all my money and if you drop me on a random street in any English-speaking country, within five to ten years I’d be wealthy again because it’s just a skill set that I’ve developed and I think anyone can develop.”