# The Four Underlying Principles
- Introduction
- 1 Everything You Need to Know
- 1.1 Good Solutions are Simple – and Unexpected
- 1.2 The Slip-box
- 1.3 The slip-box manual
- 2 Everything You Need to Do
- 2.1 Writing a paper step by step
- 3 Everything You Need to Have
- 3.1 The Tool Box
- 4 A Few Things to Keep in Mind
- The Four Underlying Principles
- 5 Writing Is the Only Thing That Matters
- 6 Simplicity Is Paramount
- 7 Nobody Ever Starts From Scratch
- 8 Let the Work Carry You Forward
- The Six Steps to Successful Writing
- 9 Separate and Interlocking Tasks
- 9.1 Give Each Task Your Undivided Attention
- 9.2 Multitasking is not a good idea
- 9.3 Give Each Task the Right Kind of Attention
- 9.4 Become an Expert Instead of a Planner
- 9.5 Get Closure
- 9.6 Reduce the Number of Decisions
- 10 Read for Understanding
- 10.1 Read With a Pen in Hand
- 10.2 Keep an Open Mind
- 10.3 Get the Gist
- 10.4 Learn to Read
- 10.5 Learn by Reading
- 11 Take Smart Notes
- 11.1 Make a Career One Note at a Time
- 11.2 Think Outside the Brain
- 11.3 Learn by not Trying
- 11.4 Adding Permanent Notes to the Slip-Box
- 12 Develop Ideas
- 12.1 Develop Topics
- 12.2 Make Smart Connections
- 12.3 Compare, Correct and Differentiate
- 12.4 Assemble a Toolbox for Thinking
- 12.5 Use the Slip-Box as a Creativity Machine
- 12.6 Think Inside the Box
- 12.7 Facilitate Creativity through Restrictions
- 13 Share Your Insight
- 13.1 From Brainstorming to Slip-box-Storming
- 13.2 From Top Down to Bottom Up
- 13.3 Getting Things Done by Following Your Interests
- 13.4 Finishing and Review
- 13.5 Becoming an Expert by Giving up Planning
- 13.6 The Actual Writing
- 14 Make It a Habit