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notes + diarying as the form of self-investment is popping up everywhere there are historical examples (leslie groves composed his autobiography of the manhatt
by awinter-py 6y ago
notes + diarying as the form of self-investment is popping up everywhere
there are historical examples (leslie groves composed his autobiography of the manhattan project from his daybook)
for doing business (CRM users capture the customer's needs and situation, given that the next conversation might be in 6 months)
and for thinking (capture where you are, take a break, read and think about it the next day)
- simonebrunozzi 6y ago> leslie groves composed his autobiography of the manhattan project from his daybook I had no idea, and this is a great example of why I read Hacker News every day.
- yodon 6y agoCliff Stoll did the same when while writing the Cuckoo's Egg.
- saviorand 6y agoI guess it's just a natural way of doing it. You need to write every day, then assemble -> why not write in your dailies
- awinter-py 6y agogood rec
- bmj 6y agoSt. Igantius of Loyola (founder of the Catholic Jesuit order), outlined a process of discernment that is very similar to the decision journal method nearly 500 years ago in his Spiritual Exercises[0]. Of course, there is a distinct focus on the discernment of spirits, but the prompts in the decision journal are generally the same. [0] https://www.marquette.edu/faith/ignatian-principles-for-making-decisions.php https://www.marquette.edu/faith/ignatian-principles-for-maki...
- saviorand 6y agoHmm, maybe we can bring that discernment of spirits part back to the template? JK