https://vegasharmon.com/authors/david-perell/ Recent content in David Perell on Vegas Harmon Hugo en Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vegasharmon.com/commonplace/shiny-dime-heuristic/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://vegasharmon.com/commonplace/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.