As part of my year-end review, I always review my favorite reading of the year. These usually tend to be “long-form” online essays diving de
Hello Praxsters!I have something special to share with you today: the first contributions of our Praxis Writing Fellows!I recruited a few of
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
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
15 Unexpected Uses for Digital Notes
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Hi Praxis subscribers! Welcome back to the fourth installment in Tiago Forte’s series on P.A.R.A., the organizational system he uses to orga
This is a comprehensive guide to creating a profitable online course, based on my experience developing 6 courses over 7 years, which have b
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
In The Weekly Review is an Operating System, I detailed the process I go through each week to capture any new open loops, clear my workspace
In Part 13, we looked at the benefits of Component Thinking, which involves thinking of any product we are working on as made up of subcompo
A Nine-Part Series, from Concept to Launch
One of the most exciting trends in coming years will be the formation of cooperative working groups made up of independent contractors. Whe
I recently interviewed Weihaur Lau of Created Living, a health and wellness-based coaching program for leaders. Weihaur’s coaching business
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
Now it’s time to look at the JIT Project Manager’s toolkit. How do we put these ideas into practice in our day to day work? Through Workflow
I’ve decided to post my list of life goals here, after years of being cagey and secretive about them. My fear has been that people will some
In 1962, philosopher Thomas Kuhn published his landmark work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, forever changing our view of the histo
In P.A.R.A Part I, I argued that the Project List was the lynchpin of modern productivity, serving as a dashboard of your current commitment
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
In The Four Pathways of Modern Book Publishing, I described the main routes for a writer to get published today, and in The Case for Traditi
Technology has transformed every aspect of business, from the tools we use to communicate and collaborate, to how products and services are
This is a presentation and Q&A with Julia Beauchamp, a public speaking coach I recently worked with for an important speaking gig. Her
In Part 11, I introduced the concept of a “critical path” of tasks in a project, and the rationale for pushing tasks as late as possible on
