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
In my previous article on how I perform my Annual Review, I briefly discussed the Personal Narrative Vision (PNV) exercise. I’ve developed t
By Kathryn Tongg 1. Establish the preferred method of communication right away. Everyone has a way they prefer to communicate. Whether this
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
In The Four Pathways of Modern Book Publishing, I described what I believe to be the four main routes to publication for writers in the digi
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
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
It might seem absurd that something as simple as a method of highlighting could be so important to a person’s productivity and learning. Eve
This is a presentation and Q&A with Julia Beauchamp, a public speaking coach I recently worked with for an important speaking gig. Her
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that my work is really about attentional design. Becoming aware of attention. Shaping and directing
Over the past five months I’ve worked closely with a virtual assistant (VA). This article summarizes what I’ve learned about the best ways t
