Things worth knowing.One card at a time.
Cards about things worth knowing.
One subject.
About thirty seconds.
Read one.
The best way to understand GeekLibrary is to read a card.
The Pomodoro Technique
25 minutes of undivided focus
Working in timed blocks with short breaks between them.
Taxation
The membership fee for everything shared
A share of what people earn and spend, collected to pay for shared things.
Entrepreneurship
The lemonade-stand principle
Spotting a problem people will pay to have solved, and solving it.
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How it works
- Pick something.Browse or search.
- Read the card.One subject at a time.
- Keep going.Follow what interests you.
Not everything belongs here.
Every card has to earn its place.
The card beside this sets out the eight laws every card has to pass. If it does not fit the card, it is not a card.
Card 0000 · The Eight Laws
Front
The Eight Laws
How every card in this set was made
Eight tests every card in this set has to pass before it can be printed.
Back
- Standalone makes sense on its own.
- One subject one card, one idea.
- Teaches or turns you learn something or see something in a new way.
- Thirty seconds start to finish.
- Retellable you can pass it on from memory.
- Sourced every fact is traceable.
- Evergreen stays true.
- Fits the card if it does not fit, it is not a card.
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There is no required order.
Pick something you know.
Pick something you do not.
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