In Part 1, I introduced Return-on-Attention (ROA) as a way to evaluate how we invest our most precious resource – our attention. But there i
Welcome to the Project List Mindsweep, a step-by-step exercise to help you properly identify every project in your work and life. Your Proje
Hello Praxsters!I have something special to share with you today: the first contributions of our Praxis Writing Fellows!I recruited a few of
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
A Nine-Part Series, from Concept to Launch
This is a comprehensive guide to creating a profitable online course, based on my experience developing 6 courses over 7 years, which have b
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
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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 13, we looked at the benefits of Component Thinking, which involves thinking of any product we are working on as made up of subcompo
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
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
I recently interviewed Weihaur Lau of Created Living, a health and wellness-based coaching program for leaders. Weihaur’s coaching business
This is a presentation and Q&A with Julia Beauchamp, a public speaking coach I recently worked with for an important speaking gig. Her
15 Unexpected Uses for Digital Notes
I previously described how the weekly review is an operating system, funneling each bit of information you captured during the week to its p
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 7, I argued for the importance of interacting with information, instead of just passively consuming it. Interaction results in bette
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
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 Part 4, I introduced the idea of “intermediate packets.” Instead of delivering value in a big project that spans huge amounts of time, we
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
