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The Attribution of Ideas

Posted on July 17, 2020 / Updated October 14, 2020 by Jonathan Liu

You attribute an idea to the person that introduced it to you. For example, Derek Sivers introduced me to the value of surprise when writing. People read to learn and they only learn when they’re surprised. Thus, you should find something surprising in your writing. Once you’ve found it, cut everything else. I loved this …

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Write It Down

Posted on August 13, 2019 / Updated September 18, 2019 by Jonathan Liu

George Bernard Shaw supposedly claimed to have built an international reputation by thinking a mere once or twice a week, so I’ve tried to do the same. There’s not much else to do on the subway anyway. On occasion – while thinking, an idea would appear. For the longest time, I would admire it in …

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