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Essay of the week - 10 quotes that will help you write more
1. "Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again." - André Gide
2. One of the best pieces of advice I've received for writing was a mantra: "Two crappy pages a day" - Neil Strauss
3. "If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." - Toni Morrison
4. The opposite of play isn't work. It's depression." - Jane McGonigal
5. "The best way to learn something is to teach it." - Seneca said that 2000 years ago
6. There's an Italian dish called saltimbocca, which means "leap into the mouth." My goal when writing might be called saltintesta: the ideas leap into your head and you barely notice the words that got them there.
- Paul Graham in his blog "Write Simply"
7. "Two ways to be successful in life: do something worth writing about or write something worth reading." - Ben Franklin
8. "Overthinking = Write
Under-thinking = Read" - Anonymous
9. "The process of writing your second draft is the process of making it look like you knew what you were doing all along." - Neil Gaiman
10. "Write with a specific person in mind. When writing Berkshire Hathaway's annual report, I pretend that I'm talking to my sisters. I have no trouble picturing them: Though highly intelligent, they are not experts in accounting or finance. Thev will understand plain Enalish" - Warren Buffett
Here's the HD version of the essay... in case you want to print it out :)
10 Interesting things for you 🙌
1. I documented my process of unpacking ETHIndia, Polygon Roadshow & India blockchain week merch.
Watch it and tell me what merch you want from me :)
2. Something from my Twitter👇
3. Unreal drone shot. Also, read the 2nd comment :) (Reddit)
4. A friend of mine built this AI tool - writemeanemail.com (Also, I created coldemail101.com a while ago) check that out too.
I want to build a cold email AI tool. Does anyone want to help? 👀
5. Interesting concept of the week:-
6. Question of the week:- What are some unwritten life rules everyone must know?
7. Picture of the week:- Casey Neistat on expressing creativity using nothing but basics (Tweet)
8. Current read: I need to get back to reading soon :)))
9. Meme of the week:-
10. Quote of the week:
"The reason why the good old days seemed so good is because the bad old days had lost and forgotten" - Levianne Cuissof.
(Tweet this quote)The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone. ~ Oswald Chambers
(Tweet this quote)"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." - Theodore Roosevelt
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The cold email AI seems to be a really interesting idea. Would love to help in any way. :)