People who wrote in journals – Einstein, DaVinci, Madame Curie.
You do not understand something if you can’t express it and write it down on paper. It has no form your mind can go to work on.
Be a collector of good ideas. Writing them with a pen is better than typing on a keyboard. We learn better when a thought has to come from our brain, through our arm and hand and onto paper. We have to get clear on the idea for that to happen.
A yellow pad is not going to cut it. Treat your collection as valuable, because it is. Get a hardcover journal and collect the good ideas and good words. (My book The Highest Calling comes with a beautiful hardcover journal.)
Using just that journal now. I never wrote things down in a journal. Amazing to me how it helps prioritize ideas I need to spend time with.
A reminder is great
Because it alleviates the pain
Forming in my left hip
As I walk around the lake.
I think about the fruits and veggies
And the mindset I need
To succeed with the long shot.
I am a working girl again
Who landed a second job
Ready to battle until the last breath.