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How To Take Better Notes with Insights and Actions

I find chunking my notes from lectures and training helps me turn insights into action. I chunk them into three categories: actions, insights, and notes. This simple refactoring helps me quickly find the actions or my “ah has” without having to fish through a laundry list of reference points. I bubble these to the top so I can find them at a glance. The act of refactoring my notes also helps remind me of the most valuable parts, which is usually the new distinctions …

13 Motivation Techniques

I'm refocusing on some patterns and practices for feeling good. I think motivation is one of the most crucial skills you need throughout your life. This is a set of expert motivation techniques from the book Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, by Dr. David Burns.

The Golden Circle – Why Do You Do What You Do?

Why do you do what you do? That’s the question the Golden Circle answers. The Golden Circle is a technique for helping you find your purpose. Your deep and meaningful purpose. Your purpose that makes you come alive. A friend of mine took me through a Golden Circle workshop and it gave me a new …

SourcesOfInsight.com is One Month Old

Photo by dawnzy58. It’s time to reflect. It’s been four weeks since I launched SourcesOfInsight.com. It feels like a blur and forever at the same time. What Have I Learned … I’ve learned a lot, but here’s the gist: It’s tough starting from scratch. A body of content is one thing. A platform and arena …