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
In Part 2, I described the sublime and powerful experience of flow, which could be considered the “holy grail” of productivity. I argued tha
I recently finished listening to the audiobook of Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek (Amazon Affiliate Link), by Manu Saadia. It was pr
In Part I, I explained Progressive Summarization, a method for easily creating highly discoverable notes. In Part II, I gave you many exampl
I previously described how the weekly review is an operating system, funneling each bit of information you captured during the week to its p
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
One of the most exciting trends in coming years will be the formation of cooperative working groups made up of independent contractors. Whe
In Part 1, I argued that curating the content of others was an excellent way to start creating content of one’s own, whether your goal is ad
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
In Part 10, I argued that digital knowledge work was fundamentally different than other kinds of work, because its structure, features, and
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
I recently compiled all my notes, findings, and ideas about the “ideal customer” for Building a Second Brain, and put them into a single doc
Technology has transformed every aspect of business, from the tools we use to communicate and collaborate, to how products and services are
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
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
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
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 Part I, I introduced Progressive Summarization, a method for easily creating highly discoverable notes. In Part II, I gave you examples a
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 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 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
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
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
In Part 1, I introduced Return-on-Attention (ROA) as a way to evaluate how we invest our most precious resource – our attention. But there i
