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created: 2024-02-20 19:52
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updated: 2024-03-12 13:49
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# Intermediate Packages
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> [...] there is a flaw in focusing only on the final results: all the intermediate work (the notes, the drafts, the outlines, the feedback) tends to be underappreciated and undervalued. The precious attention we invested in producing that in-between work gets thrown away, never to be used again.
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> Source: Tiago Forte, “[[Building a Second Brain]]”, p. 150
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intermediate packages can receive different names depending on who you ask:
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- “Modules” or “features” in software development
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- “Betas” tested by start-ups
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- “Sketches” in architecture
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- “Pilots” for television series
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- “Prototypes” made by engineers
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- “Concept cars” in auto design
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- “Demos” in music recording
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Each of these terms is the equivalent of a “rough draft” you create as part of the process of making something new.
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Some kinds of intermediate packages are:
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- **Distilled notes:** Books or articles you’ve read and distilled so it’s easy to get the gist of what they contain.
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- **Outtakes:** The material or ideas that didn’t make it into a past project but could be used in future ones.
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- **Work-in-process:** The documents, graphics, agendas, or plans you produced during past projects.
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- **Final deliverables:** Concrete pieces of work you’ve delivered as part of past projects, which could become components of something new.
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- **Documents created by others:** Knowledge assets created by people on your team, contractors or consultants, or even clients or customers, that you can reference and incorporate into your work.
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These IP can be used to create others IP's or create a final product for a project.
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## Benefits of working in IP's:
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- You’ll become **interruption-proof** because you are focusing only on one small packet at a time.
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- You’ll be able to make **progress in any span of time**.
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- Intermediate Packets **increase the quality** of your work by allowing you to collect feedback more often.
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- Eventually you’ll have so many IP's at your disposal that you can execute entire projects just by **assembling [previously created](Reuse%20previous%20work.md) IP's**.
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## IP's Examples:
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- Favorites or bookmarks saved from the web or social media
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- Journal or diary entries with your personal reflections
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- Highlights or underlined passages in books or articles
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- Messages, photos, or videos posted on social media
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- Slides or charts included in presentations
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- Diagrams, mind maps, or other visuals on paper or in apps
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- Recordings of meetings, interviews, talks, or presentations
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- Answers to common questions you receive via email
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- Written works, such as blog posts or white papers
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- Documented plans and processes such as agendas, checklists, templates, or project retrospectives
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