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
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
In Part 15, I advocated for multithreading, or weaving together multiple projects to take advantage of unexpected opportunities and synergie
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
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 I, I introduced Progressive Summarization, a method for easily creating highly discoverable notes. In Part II, I gave you examples a
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
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
I previously described how the weekly review is an operating system, funneling each bit of information you captured during the week to its p
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
In Part 16, we refined our understanding of Return on Attention by taking into account our biggest constraint as knowledge workers – not jus
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
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
One of the most exciting trends in coming years will be the formation of cooperative working groups made up of independent contractors. Whe
This is an interview with my online course marketing coach and creator of the Email Boss program Billy Broas. It is an in-depth discussion i
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
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
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
In Part 2, I described the sublime and powerful experience of flow, which could be considered the “holy grail” of productivity. I argued tha
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
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
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
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
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
