Weekly Roundup 35

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Every week I come across some great articles. Here are some of the posts I feel you will enjoy reading as much as I did.

Tiago Forte shares his Progressive Summarization technique to write discoverable notes. I have just started applying it to how I consume content over the internet and write book summaries at Discoveries in Bookland. It has been a game-changer. You summarize the notes in layers whenever you come across the note rather than all at once.

A brag document is beneficial for remembering all the small things you did when it is time for a performance review. Instead of trying to remember everything Julia Evans recommends maintaining a brag document that you can refer to. She also has a template that you can use at the end of the post.

Do you know what it takes to write a book? How about crowdfunding it and then independently publishing it? Blake Boles documents not only the 17-month long process of writing but also what his costs were.

Mike Crittenden talks about why your calendar should not be a blocklist but an allowlist. Although I agree with it in principle, I think it's tough to do unless you are at a senior leadership level.

Are you a master wordsmith or an incompetent dabbler? There are 7 types of writers along the competence spectrum. David Clear helps you figure out what kind of writer you are so that you can diagnose your problems and improve.

Kent Dodds deprecated his most popular open-source library - Glamourous in favour of Emotion. In this article, he talks about when deprecating your open sense project makes sense and how it not only greatly benefits the community but also frees you up to work on new things.

Shameless Plug: I wrote a summmary of The One Page Financial Plan by Carl Richards. Go check it out if you think that making a financial plan has to be complex.

Hope you enjoy reading these articles as much as I did.