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15 Unexpected Uses for Digital Notes
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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
My partner Lauren and I are moving to Mexico City later this year. This post explains why, both to clarify for myself, and to be able to sha
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
This is a recording of a live walkthrough of Superhuman, an email client that works in the browser and on iOS and connects to any Gmail acc
After you’ve written your proposal and sent it to publishers, the future of your book is in their hands. If you’ve done your job effectivel
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
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
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
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
Technology has transformed every aspect of business, from the tools we use to communicate and collaborate, to how products and services are
In Part 19, I argued that continuously finding new sources of motivation was the most important challenge for knowledge workers, and that th
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 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
Over the past year, I’ve seen P.A.R.A. implementations of all shapes and sizes. I’ve seen them from every corner of the globe, in languages
In Part 7, I argued for the importance of interacting with information, instead of just passively consuming it. Interaction results in bette
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 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 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