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Jan 19, 2022

The 4 Identities of a Teacher

Reporter, Expert, Mentor, Role Model

Aug 8, 2020

P.A.R.A — An Introduction

Resurfacing Tiago’s in-depth P.A.R.A series

Jan 7, 2022

PARA on Paper

How I adapted the PARA process and transformed my knowledge management

Jul 16, 2020

Time Budgeting: What I’ve Learned from Doing 364 Weekly Reviews

Why the weekly review is the cornerstone of my life

Nov 1, 2021

The Magic of Linear Listening

What I Learned From Listening to 100 Episodes of the SPI Podcast

Sep 17, 2018

The Design of a Weekly Review

The most important practice that I recommend everyone adopt for their personal productivity is a Weekly Review – a regular reflection on the

Sep 5, 2020

P.A.R.A. Part 4 — A full setup guide

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

Mar 19, 2017

PARA Part 2: Operations Manual

Last month I published The P.A.R.A. Method: A Universal System for Organizing Digital Information. It describes a simple, lightweight, yet e

Apr 17, 2018

PARA Part 7: Creating a Project Network

There have been 3 Eras of Productivity in modern times, each defined by a seminal book: The Values-First Era at the dawn of corporate Ameri

Aug 15, 2020

P.A.R.A. Part 2 — Just-In-Time Organization

Resurfacing Tiago’s in-depth P.A.R.A series

Feb 9, 2017

The PARA Method: A Universal System for Organizing Digital Information

Imagine for a moment the perfect organizational system.

Dec 29, 2017

Progressive Summarization IV: Compressing All Types of Media

Reading through the previous three parts, a question probably popped into your mind: does this apply only to text? It’s an important one, be

Jun 10, 2020

Praxis Joins Everything

All Praxis paywalled posts are now available to members

Jul 14, 2017

PARA Part 3: RandomNote – Building an Idea Generator

What if you could push a button and immediately be given an idea? Not just any idea. A good idea. An idea relevant to your interests, your g

Aug 7, 2018

You Need a Budget: 13 Parallels Between Money and Productivity

I recently read and took notes on You Need a Budget (YNAB-Affiliate Link), a popular book on personal finance and budgeting (with accompanyi

May 26, 2017

The Weekly Review is an Operating System

In his book Getting Things Done, David Allen calls the Weekly Review the “Master Key to GTD.” He claims it is the single most critical habit

Dec 28, 2015

One-Touch to Inbox Zero: How I Spend 17 Minutes Per Day on Email

I spend 17 minutes per day on email, or 7.43% of my total work time over the past 12 months.The average information worker, in contrast, spe

Jan 18, 2018

PARA Part 5: The Project List Mindsweep

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

Mar 16, 2021

Introducing: Praxis Fellows Essays

Hello Praxsters!I have something special to share with you today: the first contributions of our Praxis Writing Fellows!I recruited a few of

Apr 16, 2019

5 Things I Learned From the Anti-Book Club

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

Aug 22, 2020

P.A.R.A. Part 3 — How to build serendipity into your productivity system

Resurfacing Tiago’s in-depth P.A.R.A series

May 23, 2018

Just-In-Time PM #8: Divergence and Convergence

In Part 7, I argued for the importance of interacting with information, instead of just passively consuming it. Interaction results in bette

Mar 11, 2019

The Case for Traditional Publishing for Full-Stack Freelancers

In The Four Pathways of Modern Book Publishing, I described what I believe to be the four main routes to publication for writers in the digi

Dec 10, 2018

The Structure of Information Revolutions

In 1962, philosopher Thomas Kuhn published his landmark work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, forever changing our view of the histo