David Perell

1 entry in the Commonplace Book

Shiny dime heuristic

Good writing is focused. It orbits around a single point. Once you find your shiny dime, you can instantly reject every idea that doesn’t relate to it. Just as every verse in a song should relate back to the chorus, every idea in an essay should relate back to the shiny dime.

David Perell, 11. Find your key idea source