Long Form
Random long form articles
Deep Work : Work Deeply
Notes from Deep Work, Rules section on Work Deeply work in progress tl;dr: Working deeply needs concentration Concentration is affected by distraction and desires Will power can force concentration by fighting distraction and desires However Will power is finite and should be imagined as a muscle that tires There are broad strategies that can be taken to reduce the will power needed to move to deep work state Prerequisite Deep work patterns can be of different types.
Leadership Tools
ref:https://hbr.org/2017/07/the-more-senior-your-job-title-the-more-you-need-to-keep-a-journal As part of the above article, there were nuggets of wisdom and leadership and management tools that were referenced by Dan Ciampa High pace causes more failures Leaders are often scrutinised more Expectations from leaders and often unrealistically high Leaders cannot always avoid all of the above, but can and should manage the above. Brain storming can provide rich results if after intense concentration, there is a break after which more ideas are thought about.
Journaling helps slow down and reflect, thus help learning
ref:https://hbr.org/2017/07/the-more-senior-your-job-title-the-more-you-need-to-keep-a-journal All of humanity’s problems come from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone - Blaise Pascal This article makes a case for slowing down, thinking and interacting with thoughts to help learn and make better decisions. It further proposes journaling as a tool to help with this reflection. Talks about what aspects are best noted in said journal and what would best help with interrogating with these notes in the future.
Initial thoughts on note taking
Thoughts on the hows of note taking Notes have to be generative This has been practically very difficult for me, the idea being listen to the conversation, comprehend it, and generate the ideas in your own words. What is challenging is often its hard for me to understand what is being said. The general consensus is this is a lack of paying attention and a lack of depth on previous topics.
Effective Learning: Recall on types of thinking and memory & chunking
Types of thinking There are two kinds of thinking, one of extreme concentration, where the brain focusses on a subject and tries to solve a puzzle. There is also another kind of thinking, one which is diffused and is more at a wider grander scope and view. Both these types of thinking has their merit and their place in learning things. Ideas and thoughts can be understood as patterns of neural paths that represent it.