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
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A Nine-Part Series, from Concept to Launch
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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
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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
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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
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In Part I, I explained Progressive Summarization, a method for easily creating highly discoverable notes. In Part II, I gave you many exampl
♥ 4 Dec 28, 2017 by Tiago Forte
Hello Praxsters!I have something special to share with you today: the first contributions of our Praxis Writing Fellows!I recruited a few of
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I previously described how the weekly review is an operating system, funneling each bit of information you captured during the week to its p
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In Part 3, I argued that having a personal knowledge base is the linchpin of success in a creative economy. A knowledge base allows you to r
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Why You’re Not Getting More Out of Journaling
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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
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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
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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
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15 Unexpected Uses for Digital Notes
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In Part 10, I argued that digital knowledge work was fundamentally different than other kinds of work, because its structure, features, and
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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
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In Part 2, I described the sublime and powerful experience of flow, which could be considered the “holy grail” of productivity. I argued tha
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In Part 14, we looked at the potential for massively increasing our bandwidth by creating “personal productivity networks.” These networks a
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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
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Note: On October 9, 2019 at 1pm Pacific time I will be hosting a private conversation with Billy Bross for Praxis members only. Scroll to th
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Technology has transformed every aspect of business, from the tools we use to communicate and collaborate, to how products and services are
♥ 3 May 7, 2018 by Tiago Forte
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
By Christina LuoProductivity is about managing emotions as much as projects. Yet we often focus on productivity as a toolset more than a min
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
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