Regular Reveries 29: Word Raft, Public Learning Journal, Maker's Schedule, and Lao Tzu
Two people have joined Word Raft this week, which means there are five of us currently. The positive peer pressure (PPP) to publish an article a week is even stronger now.
This week’s article
Speaking of publishing, my article for the week is about the benefits of keeping a learning journal. A friend (hi Janko!) has recently told me that he likes my public learning journal. So I've published an article explaining the benefits, to encourage him and other people to start their learning journals.
Content candy
I've loved reading Paul Graham's article about the differences between makers and managers. While makers thrive when they have long, deep work sessions, managers don't operate like that and see no problem in scheduling lots of calls on short notice.
"When you're operating on the maker's schedule, meetings are a disaster. A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon, by breaking it into two pieces each too small to do anything hard in. Plus you have to remember to go to the meeting. That's no problem for someone on the manager's schedule. There's always something coming on the next hour; the only question is what. But when someone on the maker's schedule has a meeting, they have to think about it."
Something to think about
"Care about what other people think, and you will always be their prisoner." — Lao Tzu
Question for you
What's one piece of advice you're tired of hearing?