[Read5for5 📚] The Surprising Benefits of Journaling One Sentence Every Day

“Big breakthrough ideas often seem nuts the first time you see them.”

― Marc Andreessen

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Hi friends,

This is Kei and Kazuki from Glasp 👋

We are excited to start Day 1 of the 5 Day Reading Challenge 📚✨ Here are three good articles we chose, so when you finish reading any of them or any article you want, share it on Twitter with the hashtag, "#read5for5"! Let's read good articles together and connect with like-minded people 🤝

Today's Reading List 📚

(1) The Surprising Benefits of Journaling One Sentence Every Day by James Clear (5 mins)

• Journaling has been a key habit for notable figures like Oprah Winfrey and Leonardo da Vinci, underscoring its role in fostering personal growth and reflection.

• It offers several benefits, such as learning from the past, improving memory, motivating daily achievements, and documenting progress, by allowing individuals to capture and reflect on their thoughts and experiences.

• To overcome the common challenge of maintaining a journaling habit, James Clear advocates for simplifying the process to writing just one sentence per day, making it an easy, enjoyable, and sustainable practice.

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(2) This Is The Simple Way To Achieve Your Goals: 3 Secrets From Research by Eric Barker (7 mins)

• Identifying Ineffective Strategies: Poor strategies are marked by vague language, ignoring challenges, confusing goals with strategy, and setting unachievable objectives, leading to a lack of direction and effectiveness.

• Essence of Good Strategy: Good strategy focuses on a few pivotal objectives that trigger a series of beneficial outcomes. It requires diagnosing obstacles, establishing a guiding policy to address these challenges through leverage, and implementing coherent actions to achieve specific goals.

• Implementing Strategy for Success: To achieve goals, one must clearly identify obstacles, use strengths to address weaknesses, and take decisive, focused actions. This approach involves prioritizing what's important, making tough choices, and committing to actionable steps toward achieving desired outcomes.

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(3) Write like you code by Chris Behan (2 mins)

• Good writing and good coding both prioritize simplicity, ensuring content is easily understood and avoiding unnecessary complexity, akin to coding practices that emphasize clear and concise code.

• Writing efficiently mirrors efficient coding by respecting the reader's cognitive limits through engaging content and logical flow, similar to how efficient code optimizes resource use.

• Structured writing parallels structured coding by adhering to the single-responsibility principle, making both writing and code more accessible and easier to understand by maintaining focus and organization.

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See you tomorrow again ;)

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Glasp team

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