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# CODE Method

## Capture

- Capturar más pero no todo, _"seguir mi instinto"_.
- Cuestionarme en base a "[Questions](12.%20Questions.md)"
- Evaluate if is worth to capture:
	- Does It Inspire Me?
	- Is It Useful?
	- Is It Personal?
	- Is It Surprising?
- Capture What Resonates

External knowledge assets:

> [!cite]
> - Highlights: Insightful passages from books or articles you read.
> - Quotes: Memorable passages from podcasts or audiobooks you listen to.
> - Bookmarks and favorites: Links to interesting content you find on the web or favorited social media posts.
> - Voice memos: Clips recorded on your mobile device as “notes to self.”
> - Meeting notes: Notes you take about what was discussed during meetings or phone calls.
> - Images: Photos or other images that you find inspiring or interesting.
> - Takeaways: Lessons from courses, conferences, or presentations you’ve attended.’
> 
> source: Tiago Forte, “[[Building a Second Brain]]”, p. 59


## Organize

- Separate notes in the [PARA method](PARA%20method.md) during [periodic reviews](periodic%20reviews).

## Destile

- Hacer que una nota sea lo más _"descubrible"_ posible
- Aplicar [Progresive Summarization](Progresive%20Summarization.md)
- Destilar hasta poder tener una idea general de la nota a primera vista
- **No destilar de golpe, ni destilar todas las notas**. Destilar consume limitado tiempo, y tampoco hay que hacer que la actividad sea tediosa.

Cómo regla general se puede aplicar la norma de _"dejar las notas mejor que como las encontramos"_, _sumarizando_ y haciéndolas más _descubribles_ solo cuando nos las volvamos a encontrar.
## Express

> [!quote]
> Verum ipsum factum (“We only know what we make”)
>
> Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher #quote

- Work faster and with less effort with [Intermediate Packages](Intermediate%20Packages.md) to finish projects.
- Work smart, not hard. [Reuse your previous](Reuse%20previous%20work.md) and others people's work.
- Creativity Is Inherently Collaborative, **get feedback quickly!**.
- 3 stages of expressing:
	- Remember: Retrieve an Idea Exactly When It’s Needed.
	- Connect: Use Notes to Tell a Bigger Story.
	- Create: Complete Projects and Accomplish Goals Stress-Free.
## Divergence and Convergence: A Creative Balancing Act

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> The first two steps of CODE, Capture and Organize, make up divergence. They are about gathering seeds of imagination carried on the wind and storing them in a secure place. This is where you research, explore, and add ideas. The final two steps, Distill and Express, are about convergence. They help us shut the door to new ideas and begin constructing something new out of the knowledge building blocks we’ve assembled.
> 
> Source: Tiago Forte, “[[Building a Second Brain]]”, p. 180

To help or guide this process, we can use these techniques:

- [Archipelago of Ideas](Archipelago%20of%20Ideas.md)
- [[The Hemingway Bridge]]
- [[Dial down the scope]]

Divergence and convergence are not a linear path, but a loop: once you complete one round of convergence, you can take what you’ve learned right back into a new cycle of divergence.