In 1962, philosopher Thomas Kuhn published his landmark work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, forever changing our view of the histo
Once you’ve accepted an offer for the publishing rights to your book, it’s time to draw up and sign a binding contract. Many of these contra
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 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
A Nine-Part Series, from Concept to Launch
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 18, I introduced the idea that our states of mind come and go in “waves of motivation,” and that we should try to use them to our ad
I advise everyone I know to create an online course. Everyone has something to say. Everyone has valuable knowledge that others could benefi
Technology has transformed every aspect of business, from the tools we use to communicate and collaborate, to how products and services are
In my previous article on how I perform my Annual Review, I briefly discussed the Personal Narrative Vision (PNV) exercise. I’ve developed t
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 recently finished listening to the audiobook of Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek (Amazon Affiliate Link), by Manu Saadia. It was pr
I recently signed a six-figure book deal with Simon & Schuster for my book Building a Second Brain. As a first-time author, and in the
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
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
Let’s look at how a single source can proceed through the layers of progressive summarization. These are Layer 1 notes I took on an article
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 13, we looked at the benefits of Component Thinking, which involves thinking of any product we are working on as made up of subcompo
15 Unexpected Uses for Digital Notes
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
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 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
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
By Kathryn Tongg 1. Establish the preferred method of communication right away. Everyone has a way they prefer to communicate. Whether this
