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David Kadavy

Author of Digital Zettelkasten and other books.

Eric Liu knows him, spent a lot of time with him in Medellin. Even Jess met him before. Didn’t find this out until Thanksgiving 2021 when I was sharing Zettelkasten concepts with Eric.

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Permanent Notes

Permanent Notes are a concept in Zettelkasten. David Kadavy has a great description in ⚟ Digital Zettelkasten: Permanent notes are…
Digital Zettelkasten

Book by David Kadavy If you have a few minutes in the waiting room at the dentist, which are you going to choose: dig into a big p…
Four hours creative work a day is about the limit. —G. H. Hardy

Four hours creative work a day is about the limit. —G. H. Hardy – David Kadavy in ⚟ Mind Management, Not Time Management…
I had discovered that making progress on my first book wasn’t so much about having the time to write. It was about being in the right state of mind

I had discovered that making progress on my first book wasn’t so much about having the time to write. It was about being in the ri…
If you want to kill creativity- Get five hours of sleep a night, fight traffic for two hours a day, and start each day with a piping hot thermos of

If you want to kill creativity: Get five hours of sleep a night, fight traffic for two hours a day, and start each day with a pipi…
I’ll be presenting these concepts the same way I discovered them – through my own experiences

I’ll be presenting these concepts the same way I discovered them – through my own experiences. – David Kadavy in ⚟ Mind Management…
I’m just another creative, trying to make my ideas real before I leave this world. As with all of my books, I’m writing it to solidify these concept

I’m just another creative, trying to make my ideas real before I leave this world. As with all of my books, I’m writing it to soli…
Scientists who study creativity define it as coming up with something both novel and useful

Scientists who study creativity define it as coming up with something both novel and useful. – David Kadavy in ⚟ Mind Management, …
Sometimes your mind is better-suited to think creatively. Other times it’s better-suited to think analytically. Sometimes you’re in the mood to do s

Sometimes your mind is better-suited to think creatively. Other times it’s better-suited to think analytically. Sometimes you’re i…
Too many of us live by the to-do list. We look at what needs to be done, then try to force ourselves to do it. It’s no wonder why, even if we have t

Too many of us live by the to-do list. We look at what needs to be done, then try to force ourselves to do it. It’s no wonder why,…
What I’m learning is, if there’s only twenty-four hours in a day, that means there’s a limit. I can only get so much out of my time. “Time management” is like squeezing blood from a stone

What I’m learning is, if there’s only twenty-four hours in a day, that means there’s a limit. I can only get so much out of my tim…
When you think divergently, your thoughts diverge. You pay attention to a wide variety of things, so you can connect those things to generate new id

When you think divergently, your thoughts diverge. You pay attention to a wide variety of things, so you can connect those things …
Your Creative Sweet Spot is the time and place in which you do your best creative work. Your Creative Sweet Spot is the “big rock” around which you

Your Creative Sweet Spot is the time and place in which you do your best creative work. Your Creative Sweet Spot is the “big rock”…
sometimes, something simply needs to get done now. In these cases, you can ask yourself, What mood would be most conducive to doing this work Then,

sometimes, something simply needs to get done now. In these cases, you can ask yourself, What mood would be most conducive to doin…
the challenge in doing more and better writing, or the challenge in any creative work, is to balance divergent thinking with convergent thinking. Yo

the challenge in doing more and better writing, or the challenge in any creative work, is to balance divergent thinking with conve…
when our mental state is aligned with the task at hand, suddenly everything is easier. Our projects drive forward swiftly, as the barriers that once

when our mental state is aligned with the task at hand, suddenly everything is easier. Our projects drive forward swiftly, as the …
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