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
5 May 22, 2018 by Tiago Forte
In Part 16, we refined our understanding of Return on Attention by taking into account our biggest constraint as knowledge workers – not jus
5 Jun 5, 2018 by Tiago Forte
In The Future of Ebooks, I laid out a vision for what books could become in a world free of technological constraints. But the modern realit
4 Mar 9, 2019 by Tiago Forte
I advise everyone I know to create an online course. Everyone has something to say. Everyone has valuable knowledge that others could benefi
4 Feb 16, 2019 by Tiago Forte
I recently finished listening to the audiobook of Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek (Amazon Affiliate Link), by Manu Saadia. It was pr
4 Apr 12, 2018 by Tiago Forte
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
4 Oct 17, 2020 by Tiago Forte
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
4 Dec 19, 2017 by Tiago Forte
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
4 Jul 25, 2018 by Tiago Forte
In Part 9, I explained why it is so important to create placeholders for your work-in-process: to allow you to pursue multiple projects acro
3 May 27, 2018 by Tiago Forte
In Part 12, I described the shift from a just-in-case to a just-in-time philosophy of work, using late starts as an example of the benefits
3 May 31, 2018 by Tiago Forte
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
3 Aug 15, 2018 by Tiago Forte
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
3 Oct 17, 2020 by Tiago Forte
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
3 Oct 9, 2018 by Tiago Forte
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
3 Mar 31, 2019 by Tiago Forte
In Part 15, I advocated for multithreading, or weaving together multiple projects to take advantage of unexpected opportunities and synergie
3 Jun 3, 2018 by Tiago Forte
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
2 Oct 17, 2020 by Tiago Forte
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
2 May 1, 2019 by Tiago Forte
In 1962, philosopher Thomas Kuhn published his landmark work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, forever changing our view of the histo
2 Dec 10, 2018 by Tiago Forte
Your proposal is like a business plan for your book. It needs to justify why your book is worth not just years of your time and effort, but
This is a presentation and Q&A with Julia Beauchamp, a public speaking coach I recently worked with for an important speaking gig. Her
2 Dec 7, 2018 by Tiago Forte
You should think of the people you’re working with at each stage of the publishing process as your publishing team. Each one contributes som
1 Oct 17, 2020 by Tiago Forte
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
