You enter your kitchen for a quick lunch: how is it exactly that your brain solves the problem “prepare lunch as efficiently as possible”? Y
I’ve become obsessed with coaching. It started in February, when I started the 4-month Self-Expression & Leadership Program at Landmark.
I first came across the idea that great strengths can emerge from great constraints in Ryan Holiday’s book The Obstacle is the Way. He takes
In Part 3, I argued that having a personal knowledge base is the linchpin of success in a creative economy. A knowledge base allows you to r
The following are the results of my Mid-Year Review, which I do every year around the beginning of July. It is a simple process of reflectio
I previously wrote about my thought process for why and how I’ve decided to publish my book Building a Second Brain with a traditional publi
One of the best ways to advance your career, start an extra income stream, or become an entrepreneur is by creating content. By “content” I
In the beginning, is a message. You have something to say. A message that wants to get out of you. That needs to get out of you or else it w
In Part 10, I argued that digital knowledge work was fundamentally different than other kinds of work, because its structure, features, and
Publishing a book is like running for political office. There are a lot of people out there who you want to take a certain action, at a cert
In Part 5, I introduced The Iron Triangle of Project Management and the idea that any given deliverable can be reduced or expanded in scope
After you’ve written your proposal and sent it to publishers, the future of your book is in their hands. If you’ve done your job effectivel
Everything you’ve done up to this point has been preparation for this singular moment: the launch of your book. An incredible amount of time
One of the most exciting trends in coming years will be the formation of cooperative working groups made up of independent contractors. Whe
My partner Lauren and I are moving to Mexico City later this year. This post explains why, both to clarify for myself, and to be able to sha
In Part 1 of the Going Nomad series, I explained why my partner Lauren and I are moving to Mexico at the end of the year. In Part 2, I’ll te
I advise everyone I know to create an online course. Everyone has something to say. Everyone has valuable knowledge that others could benefi
In The Future of Ebooks, I laid out a vision for what books could become in a world free of technological constraints. But the modern realit
This is a recording of a live walkthrough of Superhuman, an email client that works in the browser and on iOS and connects to any Gmail acc
Your proposal is like a business plan for your book. It needs to justify why your book is worth not just years of your time and effort, but
In Part 9, I explained why it is so important to create placeholders for your work-in-process: to allow you to pursue multiple projects acro
This is a presentation and Q&A with Julia Beauchamp, a public speaking coach I recently worked with for an important speaking gig. Her
