{"id":39182,"date":"2026-09-01T01:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T01:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=39182"},"modified":"2026-08-31T21:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T01:03:26","slug":"this-larry-chiang-web12-writing-system-saves-brains-with-dan-koes-learning-faster-thinking-clearly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/this-larry-chiang-web12-writing-system-saves-brains-with-dan-koes-learning-faster-thinking-clearly\/","title":{"rendered":"This Larry Chiang Web12 Writing System Saves Brains with Dan Koe\u2019s Learning Faster &amp; Thinking Clearly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"display: block\" class=\"\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\">Ask Larry Chiang about this vid<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\">The video distinguishes between journaling and writing (21:52) while explaining the concept of the &#8220;photographer&#8217;s eye&#8221; as a metaphor for heightened awareness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\">The Photographer&#8217;s Eye (time stamp 11:30 &#8211; 12:19)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\">This concept describes how, through consistent practice in a specific field, your mind begins to perceive details that others might miss:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\">Perspective shift: Just as a photographer begins to naturally see frames and compositions in everyday life, someone who practices writing begins to notice ideas, connections, and patterns in conversations and the world around them that they previously overlooked.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\">Deeper appreciation: This skill fosters a deeper connection to the &#8220;art&#8221; of life, allowing you to see the world in a more meaningful way rather than just experiencing the stress on the surface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image0.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image0-5.png\">Journaling vs. Writing (21:52 &#8211; 22:05)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\">The creator emphasizes that there is a distinct difference between these two activities:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\">Journaling is often a private act of expression.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\">Writing, in the context of building leverage or a business, requires refining your voice and structuring your ideas to grab attention and provide value to an audience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;font-style: normal;font-size: 12px;line-height: normal;font-family: Helvetica\">The creator argues that refining your voice to make your writing impactful is not a sacrifice of authenticity, but rather an improvement of your skill as a communicator.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\" class=\"\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block\" class=\"apple-rich-link\" role=\"link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KCjwU4XYBL8?is=gGiEfgWBfO4pNCyo\"><a style=\"border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none\" class=\"lp-rich-link\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KCjwU4XYBL8?is=gGiEfgWBfO4pNCyo\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"button\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#2D2D2D;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" class=\"lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:300px;height:168px\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"lp-rich-link-mediaImage\" alt=\"maxresdefault.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/maxresdefault-4.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div style=\"margin:10px 16px 0px 16px;color:#000000;font-weight:300;text-align:left;width:268px;font-size:11pt;overflow:hidden\" class=\"lp-rich-link-quotedText\">6.3K likes, 197 comments. &#8220;The Writing System That Saved My Brain (&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table bgcolor=\"#2D2D2D\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"300\" style=\"font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 0px 6px 16px\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-leftIconItem\" width=\"25\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KCjwU4XYBL8?is=gGiEfgWBfO4pNCyo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/favicon.ico\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:25px;height:25px;border-radius:3px\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-leftIcon\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px 0px 8px 0px\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem\">\n<div style=\"max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-align:left\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KCjwU4XYBL8?is=gGiEfgWBfO4pNCyo\" style=\"text-decoration: none\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\">Dan Koe<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-align:left\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KCjwU4XYBL8?is=gGiEfgWBfO4pNCyo\" style=\"text-decoration: none\"><font color=\"#FFFFFF\">youtu.be<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><br id=\"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\">Chapter 1 to Chapter 14\u2019s an \u201cEaster Egg\u201d at&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\">#ch1 to #ch14. Including #ch2 which\u2019s chapter 2 at my house in Napa California<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>On 09-09-39, &#8220;What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School&#8221; debuts at 300 w 44th St at New York Fashion Week&#8217;s front row<br \/><span dir=\"ltr\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QXIaNZi3mHQ<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/>What A Super Model Can Teach a Harvard MBA About Credit&nbsp;<span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/larrychiang\/what-a-super-model-can-teach-a-harvard-mba-about-credit\">www.slideshare.net\/larrychiang\/what-a-super-model-can-teach-a-harvard-mba-about-credit<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>American Express hosts me mentoring you about FICO scores at New York Fashion Week<br \/><span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/inxTmZAj\">t.co\/inxTmZAj<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>My video boils down 20,000 hours and moves you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve&nbsp;<br \/><span dir=\"ltr\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE<\/span><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17pt\">***********<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span dir=\"ltr\">Steve Jobs Texted me on 650-283-8008 in the same way that Mr Jobs called Bill Hewlett&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/superSaiyanSkai\/status\/1941392367304761636\/video\/1\">https:\/\/x.com\/superSaiyanSkai\/status\/1941392367304761636\/video\/1<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<div><span dir=\"ltr\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span dir=\"ltr\">Larry Chiang<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Fund of Founders<\/div>\n<div>Founding Stanford EIR<\/div>\n<div>@duck9 alum, Deeply Understood Capital Credit Chinese Knowledge 9<\/div>\n<div>Solo Founder Uber API<\/div>\n<div>650-566-9600 Office<\/div>\n<div>650-566-9696 Direct<\/div>\n<div>Cell: 415-720-8500&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>650-283-8008 (cell)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Editor of the widely syndicated &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach at School&#8221;<br \/><span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\">whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>CNN Video Channel:&nbsp;<span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang\">ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read my last 10 X posts at&nbsp;<span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.X.com\/LarryChiang\">www.X.com\/LarryChiang<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Author of #WTDTYASBS a NY Times Bestseller released 09-09-09 at #NYFW on a runway under the tents<br \/><span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller\">whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049\">www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>52 Cards. Two Jokers. What They DO Teach You at Stanford Engineering<br \/><span dir=\"ltr\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vDBY0GkI3-g<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Emergency swings and cutting deals as an 9 year old<br \/><span dir=\"ltr\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OFGY7v9C4G0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hunter Pence shared thoughts before winning WORLD SERIES&#8217; Game #7<br \/><span dir=\"ltr\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=usu0luYy9pw<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><span dir=\"ltr\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask Larry Chiang about this vid The video distinguishes between journaling and writing (21:52) while explaining the concept of the &#8220;photographer&#8217;s eye&#8221; as a metaphor for heightened awareness. 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