Gavin m

Sharing PKM and Notion tips to boost your productivity and help you work smarter every day.

writing

Apr 16, 2026

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2 min read

Raw is fine

Unpolished is not unfinished.

Gavin m

Personal Knowledge Management

Apr 9, 2026

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2 min read

Always Ready to Learn

A simple reframe for overwhelming moments

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Personal Knowledge Management

Apr 2, 2026

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2 min read

One idea per session

Why hunting beats skimming, and how to build a win condition into every study block.

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Personal Knowledge Management

Mar 26, 2026

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2 min read

Frustrated Mid-Work? Good.

That feeling is more useful than you think.

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Feedback Loop

Mar 19, 2026

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2 min read

The Decision Log

Why your journal goes quiet after three days.

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Personal Knowledge Management

Mar 12, 2026

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2 min read

The Collector's Fallacy

Why saving more makes you think less.

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Personal Knowledge Management

Mar 5, 2026

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2 min read

Heavy Systems Break

How to build a workflow that survives zero motivation.

Gavin m

Feb 26, 2026

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2 min read

The Art of Stop Reading

Why you do not have to finish every book you start.

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Personal Knowledge Management

Feb 19, 2026

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2 min read

The Transfer Trap

Moving data isn't learning.

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Personal Knowledge Management

Feb 12, 2026

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2 min read

The Compound Interest of Ideas

Turn your static notes into compounding assets.

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Feedback Loop

Feb 5, 2026

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2 min read

Sweating vs. Building

If you cannot change the variables, you are just executing a function.

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Personal Knowledge Management

Jan 29, 2026

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2 min read

Thinking starts at confusion

Why a clean dashboard is often a sign of a stalled mind.

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Personal Knowledge Management

Jan 22, 2026

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2 min read

The Ignition Point

Why fragmentation is fuel.

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Personal Knowledge Management

Jan 15, 2026

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2 min read

Your AI talks too much

Stop reading. Start interviewing.

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Personal Knowledge Management

Jan 8, 2026

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1 min read

Volume Is Not Value

Why true signal is found in what you cut, not what you keep.

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writing

Jan 1, 2026

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7 min read

The Bunker vs. The Lab

Why protecting your ideas is actually killing them.

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writing

Dec 25, 2025

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6 min read

The Living Note

Why a messy argument is worth more than a pristine archive.

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Dec 18, 2025

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6 min read

Beyond Tools: Thinking About Thinking

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writing

Dec 11, 2025

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6 min read

Structure Scales, Attention Doesn’t

Why I stopped cleaning my notes and started pruning them.

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Personal Knowledge Management

Dec 4, 2025

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6 min read

Starting Without a Perfect System

Making space for clarity to grow from the work itself

Gavin m

Dec 1, 2025

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1 min read

About last Thursday’s email

Gavin m

Nov 27, 2025

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6 min read

The Death of the Perfect Tool

What happened when I stopped chasing apps and started watching how my system behaves

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Personal Knowledge Management

Nov 20, 2025

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6 min read

A PKM System That Survives Real Life

How I design my notes to work on distracted days, not perfect ones.

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writing

From learning to output: a creator’s PKM flywheel

Nov 13, 2025

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6 min read

From learning to output: a creator’s PKM flywheel

Mapping the flywheel that turns a creator’s notes into consistent output.

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writing

Nov 6, 2025

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5 min read

What Survived in My Notes System After 50 Newsletters

A quiet look at the habits that stayed useful once the system met real publishing

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Gavin m

Raw is fine

Always Ready to Learn

One idea per session

Frustrated Mid-Work? Good.

The Decision Log

The Collector's Fallacy

Heavy Systems Break

The Art of Stop Reading

The Transfer Trap

The Compound Interest of Ideas

Sweating vs. Building

Thinking starts at confusion

The Ignition Point

Your AI talks too much

Volume Is Not Value

The Bunker vs. The Lab

The Living Note

Beyond Tools: Thinking About Thinking

Structure Scales, Attention Doesn’t

Starting Without a Perfect System

About last Thursday’s email

The Death of the Perfect Tool

A PKM System That Survives Real Life

From learning to output: a creator’s PKM flywheel

What Survived in My Notes System After 50 Newsletters

Gavs Note

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