The 10-Second Instant Response Method — Book Notes

A personal viewpoint is roughly 80% gathered information and 20% your own interpretation — that combination is what makes it yours.

For collecting information, sources with a slightly longer publication cycle than the internet tend to be better — magazines or weekly updates, for instance — because they've had time to filter, distill, and organize.

Originality = imitation + digestion + editing. Even the most brilliant people rarely produce something entirely from scratch. It's more like standing on the shoulders of giants.