Ep 385: Single-Purpose Notebooks (REPLAY)

Back when I was doing my book tour for slow productivity in the spring of 2024, I had an idea that I was trying to make progress on. And I grabbed at the last minute before I headed out the door a small single-purpose notebook. And I carried that notebook with me wherever I went. And when I would go to grab dinner or go to grab coffee, I would actually often not even have my phone with me, but bring that one notebook that was dedicated to trying to make progress on that problem. And it really worked.

So I recorded a podcast episode back then, right, where I lay out my whole theory of single-purpose notebooks, why using a small notebook dedicated to a single problem instead of your phone is a fantastic general strategy for making progress. on the ideas or issues or personal problems or personal development that you are most interested in. I mean, after that experience, I actually bought, just so you have seen this, uh, a giant essentially case full of these notebooks. So now I can always grab one when I have a new problem to work on. Anyways, I wanted to revisit that episode.

because I get into the weeds of how this works, when you should use it, and how to get the most value out of it. And so that's what we're going to do today. I'm going to replay this classic episode. This originally aired in March of 2024 about using single-purpose notebooks. I think you're really going to enjoy it.

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