Workflow Design: The Most Overlooked Determinant of Productivity
If you’re struggling to manage your time, it’s likely because of poor workflow design. When you design the right kind of workflow, it will make you more efficient, prolifiic, and productive.
The Complete Guide to Building a Zettelkasten with Mem
The Zettelkasten method is a note taking strategy that changes the way you read and write. It will make you more prolific, productive, and reduce the effort required to create new content.
7 Invaluable Lessons I Learned from My Mentor
When I met my most influential mentor Greg Hartle, he had 150 followers on Twitter and he was six weeks into a project called “$10 and a Laptop” with a simple premise and three goals. Visit all 50 states Work one on one with 500 people Start a business in an industry he knew nothing…
How I Use Mem: A Note Taking Strategy for Maximum Output
Most us didn’t learn how to take notes the right way. A good note taking strategy increases our productivity. And it makes writing easier and more fun.
5 Steps in the Writing Process: How James Clear Built a Massive Audience
The steps in James Clear’s writing process enabled him to build a large audience and sell over 1 million copies of his book Atomic Habits. It’s a basic writing process that anyone can use, regardless of your writing goals.
The Creative Strategy That Chris Rock, Pixar, and Other Iconic Creators Use to Make Ideas Happen
As creatives, we tend to fall in love with our ideas. As Ryan Holiday says in Perennial Seller, “Creative people, naturally produce a lot of false positives. Ideas that they think are good, but aren’t. Ideas that other people have had. Mediocre ideas that contain buried within the seeds of much better ideas.” That’s often…
How I Ended up in a Cult
No one picks up a self-help book or goes to a seminar thinking they will join a cult. But that’s often how seekers become self-help junkies. That’s how I ended up in a cult.
How to Take More Effective Notes On Podcasts and Remember Insights
Podcasts can be a gold mine of valuable insights, ideas, and knowledge. But if you don’t capture that knowledge, you won’t be able to capitalize on it. You have to learn to take more effective notes on podcasts.
The Invaluable Trait that Helps You Make the Most of Any Situation in Life
Everyone thinks they need more money, time, information, etc. But there is one invaluable trait that will help you make the most of any situation in life: Resourcefulness. Learning how to be resourceful will do more for you than all the time or money in the world.
Changing Your Behavior Leads to Better Results than Setting Goals
You’ve probably resolved to lose weight, make more money, or finally start that creative project you’ve been putting off for years. When drowning your sorrows in champagne on New Year’s Eve or nursing a hangover on New Year’s Day, you may not realize that changing your behavior leads better results than setting goals.
