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Yet we hear stories of famous music stars using said note taking systems and touting such things as the reason for their success in song Writing, from my genera
by fredgrott 4y ago
Yet we hear stories of famous music stars using said note taking systems and touting such things as the reason for their success in song Writing, from my generation Steve Tyler for example.
- WJW 4y agoWithout a count of how many aspiring songwriters used the note taking systems but did not make it, that is likely just survivorship bias. Based on this single data point there is no way to distinguish between whether Steve Tyler succeeded due to talent, due to how hard he worked, due to luck or due to his note taking system.
- dboreham 4y agoAlso Seinfeld.
- ChildOfChaos 4y agoNot sure exactly what you are referring too, but just a little Anecdote about something else that the internet seems to love about 'Seinfeld' The Seinfeld technique, basically doing something every day and then marking an X on the calendar, this is apparently what Seinfeld used to become such a big star, if you google it, you will find thousands of articles about it and productivity YouTubers talking about it. Even James clear one of the most popular authors in the field references it massively in his best selling book Atomic Habits. Except that isn't the case. It's nonsense. When asked about it Seinfeld himself, barely remembered it, it wasn't something he did, it was just an off-the-chuff remark he gave to someone asking about how to get into comedy once, not his magic secret formula that the internet seems to think it is.
- dctoedt 4y ago> * just a little antidote about something else that the internet seems to love about 'Seinfeld'* Nit: Anecdote, not antidote.
- ChildOfChaos 4y agoThanks, I always get words wrong when I am tired / spacey.
- deckard1 4y agoyep. It's curious how it was attached to his name. Maybe a bit of the Mandela Effect going on. Regardless, I can personally vouch for the method. It's so stupid but it worked for me. Draw a grid on a piece of paper. Mark an X on the next available square every time you do the thing you want to do (i.e. create a habit for). And there is exactly one rule: Do not ever break the chain. Ever. Don't do it you stupid dumbass! Not even one day. No cheat days. Nothing. The psychological or chemical reward for marking that stupid X seems to be enough to motivate you to change behavior. Might be because this method is so simple it's fool-proof. It's one rule. You can't rationalize your wait out of it.
- larrywright 4y agoI use an app called Streaks on my phone to do this. It’s a powerful motivator for whatever reason.
- Apocryphon 4y ago> -It’s not that I advocate for no note-taking. I just strongly believe in keeping it as elementary as possible, such that the note-taking itself doesn’t become the thrust of the endeavor. Leonardo da Vinci kept all of his notes in one big book. If he liked something he put it down. This is known as a commonplace book, and it is about how detailed your note-taking system should be unless you plan on thinking more elaborately than Leonardo da Vinci. Taping a bunch of cryptic phrases to the walls is also acceptable, or keeping a shoebox full of striking phrases on a jumble of papers, as Eminem did.