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
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
Hello Praxsters!I have something special to share with you today: the first contributions of our Praxis Writing Fellows!I recruited a few of
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
One of the most exciting trends in coming years will be the formation of cooperative working groups made up of independent contractors. Whe
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
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
I previously described how the weekly review is an operating system, funneling each bit of information you captured during the week to its p
A Nine-Part Series, from Concept to Launch
15 Unexpected Uses for Digital Notes
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
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
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
This is a presentation and Q&A with Julia Beauchamp, a public speaking coach I recently worked with for an important speaking gig. Her
I recently interviewed Weihaur Lau of Created Living, a health and wellness-based coaching program for leaders. Weihaur’s coaching business
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Once upon a time, we faced the scourge of Information Overload. Too many emails with too many details producing too many open loops to keep
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
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 8, we looked at divergence and convergence as the two fundamental modes of all creative work. Now let’s see what this looks like in
In Part 7, I argued for the importance of interacting with information, instead of just passively consuming it. Interaction results in bette
In Part 19, I argued that continuously finding new sources of motivation was the most important challenge for knowledge workers, and that th
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
