Journals provide active value when used well.

They capture the noise of life/data, but in that noise is the signal, the meaning, the story. Journals should be reviewed at least quarterly with an eye toward those insights.rM4 Journals are a key part of externalizing thoughts for further refinement.


  1. Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, First Edition (New York: Crown Business, 2014). (See notes.)