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Without an organizational system for your ideas, you’ll always struggle to make them happen. The key is to use Design-centric principles to motivate oneself throughout the creative process
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The Bullet Journal Method is built upon Tracking the Past; Organizing the Present; Planning The Future. It posits three questions
- Is this vital?
- Does it matter?
- What would happen if I didn’t do this?
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Use a Second Brain. The idea is to dump all of your knowledge into a repository and then organize bits of knowledge by finding connections between them.
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The Action Method. All projects can be reduced to these three components
- Action Steps - the specific concrete tasks that let you make progress, even if it’s a little progress.
- References - any project-related documents you may wish to refer back to. They are not actionable but they serve as good references.
- Backburner Ideas - things that are not actionable now but may be someday.
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Say no to everything not aligned with your essential priorities. Prioritize what is important over what is urgent.