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Newsletter Week 27 | 2021
Sunday Goodies: July 11, 2021 — taking smart book notes, becoming wealthy, productivity, and learning
Hey there.I hope you've had a great week.
What I've Made For You
New articleHow To Take Smart Book Notes in ObsidianHow I semi-automatically import literature notes to my Obsidian vault and my workflow for processing them into atomic, evergreen notes.
Book notesThe Richest Man in Babylon by George S. ClasonThe Richest Man in Babylon is a good book with a solid message.However, I found it to be slightly repetitive and dragged out at times, hence the rating.
It is short, accessible, and simple. Recommended for those who wants to learn more about personal finances.
On productivity
Direction is often more important than velocity.
Don't optimize just for the sake of optimizing.Make sure you're working on the right things before worrying about optimizing them.
On learning
Every field has some core principles and ideas upon which all other derive.
Master the select few and gain the ability to combine them.This will accelerate your learning greatly.
You'll be able to understand what is new, and what is just a recombination of the fundamentals.
Quote
It is not the man who has too little who is poor, but the one who hankers after more. What difference does it make how much is laid away in a man's safe, or in his barns, how many head of stock he graces or how much capital he puts out at interest, if he is always after what is another's and only counts what he has yet to get, never what he already has.
— Seneca
To your success. Regards,
Christian Bager Bach Houmann