High-Performance Lifestyle
Marginalia is really a simple concept but if done correctly, it can become an expression of art for capturing information.
It is simple but simplicity is often the hardest to do consistently. We wonder in search of novelty, thinking something more complicated must work better.
The process of taking notes, recording information, and taking action on that knowledge requires consistency.
The upward ascension to mastery, like notetaking, is similarly, an art.
Note: The book I’m currently reading will be listed as a drop-down on the menu. I encourage knowledge seekers to follow along, to agree to disagree and to add insight into the themes and concepts of the book. My first post further elaborates on this process.
Things did not come easy for me. I struggled academically in school and somethings physically were extremely difficult for me to do.
Nothing was given. Everything was earned.
My life experience proves that there is more to success than superior genes or a natural knack for things like numbers and words. Perhaps that is why The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle is so compelling to me. At one point, it was me.
It is extremely easy to be average. All you have to do is what everyone else is doing. Yes, that includes making money at a large company and driving a Mercedes. That is what average people do.
Is it extremely difficult to go against the grain and to do something unconventional. Warren Buffet once said that people will try and stop you from doing the right thing if it is unconventional. This happens because people are mediocre and they don’t understand the value in unconventional things.
We are all apart of a social construct that binds us to its norms. [Read more…]
I kept hearing about Robert Greene’s note card system. Mostly from Ryan Holiday describing his own personal method, formulated during his time apprenticing under Robert Greene.
The more I heard about the system, the more I became obsessed with it.
The reason is that I am a master of collecting information. I can gather resources and stack the materials necessary to complete projects of unimaginable magnitude. I would consider myself world-class at this process. The problem that I often encounter is synthesizing that giant pile of crap.
How do I transform the information and data into a meaningful and actionable script?
Note: Read my first post here for details on how the Outwork Book Club works. The homepage can be found here, with archives and previous books discussed.
Not because a million dollars is the key to happiness. If anything, simply chasing a million dollars for happiness is probably the surest way to become sad, lonely, and depressed.
A million dollars represents much more than that. It is the gold standard for success in our country. It is a lofty goal that takes years of hard work and dedication to achieve. The road to achieve it will be littered with failure, self-doubt, naysayers, and failure (again).
I idea of becoming a millionaire is important because of what it takes to get there.
The Outwork Book Club will be exploring the most recommended business book for entrepreneur’s on the internet today.
Get out of the Slow Lane and into the Fast Lane towards that elusive million dollars.
