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In your head, ideas expand until they max out “working memory” – and it’s only by externalising them in the written word that you have capacity to iterate them.
The Surprising Effectiveness of Writing and Rewriting
interconnected.org
If you're on your phone before bed, you're in a state of hypnosis. You're being told how to think. [..] We read books before bed to prime our brains for better sleep. As our brain transforms words into images, we approach a state of meditation.
Read Before Bed
Tom Sachs
There is a story about the manager of Iron Maiden, one of the greatest metal bands of all time. At a dinner honoring the band, a young agent comes up to him and says how much he admires his skillful work in the music business. The manager looks at him and says, “HA! You think I am in the music business? No. I’m in the Iron fucking Maiden business.” The idea being that you want to *be in the business of YOU*. Not of your respective industry. Not of the critics. Not of the fads and trends and what everyone else is doing.
37 Pieces of Career Advice I Wish I’d Known Earlier
Ryan Holiday
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