# Nathan Baschez - Writing as Strategy (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/24925252) **Source**:: #from/readwise **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Nathan Baschez]] **Full Title**:: Writing as Strategy **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [every.to](https://every.to/divinations/writing-as-strategy) **Host**:: [[every.to]] **Highlighted**:: [[2023-03-03]] **Created**:: [[2023-03-04]] ## Highlights - When you take the time to write down your goals and the strategy for achieving them, in addition to the well-known benefit of forcing clarity, it also freezes a version of yourself in time that you can return to when you’re excited about a new idea. Instead of consulting your manager, you can consult your past self. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gtjyczhq7h99mmtq147pvgdd)) ^485301699 - The challenge, in both software engineering and in writing, is to find the right balance between up-front effort and just-in-time scrappiness. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gtjyfhdhbn7pzh452yvbnrtm)) ^485301857