It’s never been a better time for self-motivated people. Anyone connected to the internet has the education power of a university and the distribution power of a media company at their fingertips. Curiosity, courage, and persistence are the new gatekeepers.
-- James Clear
This article by Ryan Holiday offers a comprehensive and at the same time practical take on journaling: The Timeless Art of Journaling: How To Start Journaling, Benefits of Journaling, and More
Here’s something to consider: the world doesn’t get better when you spend more time engaging with mass media. That’s pretty clear. But it does get better when you spend more time doing things that matter. Actions matter.
(…) technology is everything that doesn’t work yet. Technology is around us everywhere. The spoon was technology once; fire was technology once. When we figured out how to make them work, they disappeared in the background and became part of our everyday lives. Technology is, by definition, the intellectual frontier. It’s taking things from science and culture that we have not figured out how to mass produce or create efficiently and figuring out how to commercialize it and make it available to everybody. Technology will always be a great field where you can pick up specific knowledge that is valuable to society.
Encontré esta cita releyendo las notas que tomé cuando leí Deep Work de Cal Newport el 2017:
Dos habilidades claves para destacar en la Nueva Economía:
- La habilidad de dominar rápidamente temas complejos.
- La habilidad de producir a nivel élite, tanto en calidad como en velocidad.
-- Cal Newport, Deep Work. (p. 42)