In Part 1, I argued that curating the content of others was an excellent way to start creating content of one’s own, whether your goal is ad
Last year I launched the Anti-Book Club, my own take on the tradition of book clubs. The idea is simple: instead of everyone in the group re
In The Four Pathways of Modern Book Publishing, I described what I believe to be the four main routes to publication for writers in the digi
In Part 7, I argued for the importance of interacting with information, instead of just passively consuming it. Interaction results in bette
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 Future of Ebooks, I laid out a vision for what books could become in a world free of technological constraints. But the modern realit
I recently compiled all my notes, findings, and ideas about the “ideal customer” for Building a Second Brain, and put them into a single doc
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
This is an interview with my online course marketing coach and creator of the Email Boss program Billy Broas. It is an in-depth discussion i
In Part 6, I recommended treating any deliverable (whether it’s a simple email all the way to a full-fledged product) as a series of evoluti
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
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
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
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 12, I described the shift from a just-in-case to a just-in-time philosophy of work, using late starts as an example of the benefits
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
In Part 15, I advocated for multithreading, or weaving together multiple projects to take advantage of unexpected opportunities and synergie
In Part 16, we refined our understanding of Return on Attention by taking into account our biggest constraint as knowledge workers – not jus
In Part 17, I argued that unique states of mind are the most powerful resource available to knowledge workers. But these states are difficul
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
It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that my work is really about attentional design. Becoming aware of attention. Shaping and directing
I’ve become obsessed with coaching. It started in February, when I started the 4-month Self-Expression & Leadership Program at Landmark.
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 my previous article on how I perform my Annual Review, I briefly discussed the Personal Narrative Vision (PNV) exercise. I’ve developed t
