Pull flat and straight. Believe it or not, on a rainy day, I even recorded a video about how to pull a post-it so it doesn’t fall down. Everyone should know. One more thing I learned at Jump Associates, who I believe were even told it by 3M. This is helpful if a) you use Post-its a lot, and b) you need them to stay up and don’t want them raining to the ground.

Peel a Post-it so it doesn’t fall down

Among many other sensible suggestions, Michael Pollan recommends avoiding the centre supermarket aisles. It’ll generally keep you on the fresh stuff. Sketchplanation hat tip to Ben Merrick.

Shop healthy

I love Bill Buxton’s Long Nose of Innovation theory that basically a ton of small incremental work precedes what feels like a wow innovation moment. Computer mice, touchscreens, robotics, CNC machining, haptics etc were all around for decades before they hit the big time.

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The Long Nose of Innovation