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| This is Thomas Jefferson's pocket notebook. The pages are ivory. He would write his thoughts and observations on the ivory with pencil and later transfer the data to one of several record books he kept. Then he would erase the writing on the ivory. |
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This essay, from The Art of Manliness is well worth reading
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"[T]here's one… tiny almost unnoticeable habit a striking number of top performers share. They keep a pocket notebook."
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"I keep a pad at my bedside to capture thoughts
that might escape before morning."
that might escape before morning."
—Eric Sloane
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Do you have an anecdote, quote or comment
about the usefulness of pocket notebooks?
If so, please add to the comments below.
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Re these notebooks: my poet, lawyer, treefarmer husband kept a notebook in his left shirt pocket for 40 years plus and he was the most original and productive man I ever met. From poem to grocery list to legal strategy to random attractions, it was all there. A multi tasker's prayer to each day.
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