I say this as a writer, and in the most loving way possible, but there is very little correlation between the frequency and quality of one's writing (or note taking) and one's effectiveness in business or in life.
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Yes yes writing is thinking and good writing is good thinking but oh — are you avoiding that important thing that is gnawing at you that is just too painful to face?
Well, bad news, no amount of journalling is going to help you fire that employee or execute that break up.
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There are smaller, more pernicious forms of this. Like — no amount of good writing is going to help you go from customer worldview to executed marketing campaign.
Hell, no amount of good note taking is going to help you get from book notes to effective application.
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I’m increasingly coming around to the idea that agency and good writing/note taking are orthogonal skills, and both are desirable, but both have no relation to each other.
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This is mostly right (& too much of a truth bomb for a twitter audience 
). Though not sure I'd say "little correlation"
Positive correlation: Scaling effectiveness in business/life often requires convincing other people of things. Writing well is a powerful way of doing that.
). Though not sure I'd say "little correlation"
Positive correlation: Scaling effectiveness in business/life often requires convincing other people of things. Writing well is a powerful way of doing that.1
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I try to triangulate between my writer's sense for when I'm saying out of hope or aversion rather than conviction, along with a group of close friends and therapist to call me out on bullshit.
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You may appreciate this interview:
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💯. In my point of view. Writing is a good form to influence. Sometimes, it could be just for you (reflective). Commonly, it is for a larger set of people. You represent your ideas through writing.
But, influence is where it stops. Action is on you!
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