Takeaways from using it for 60+ days. — Most note-taking systems only work if you’re rich, childless, and less than 30 years old. There’s no chance that a parent with a normal job, meals to cook, and self-regenerating chores can find so much time. You have to tend to those systems, like puppies, multiple times a day. At…

Your permission to ban perfectionism, launch faster, and increase ROI. — Webcam, mic, free recording software: all the tools you need to create your six-figure online course. Please don’t click away: I know it’s more complex than that. For starters: you have something to teach and someone to sell to. But… Many creators shoot themselves in the foot before starting. They…

And how I stay (somewhat) productive in the midst of it. — Wailing in the bedroom. My neighbors must be thinking we’re ripping our 4-year-old son apart. Don’t worry: Leonardo just doesn’t want to pick up the jigsaw puzzle he deflagrated all over his bedroom floor. My wife blocked him while he tried to escape and closed the door. Now he’s adopting…

The power of committing in public. — The lighting in the hospital was perfect: bright, warm, diffused. The first photo of my newborn son was already a masterpiece (if I say so myself). I felt such an explosive joy that I was compelled to share it. I started a new album on Google Photos and invited my…

Regain your sense of agency in the face of this crazy world. — Any action is pointless. Double digits inflation eats up all our earnings. Unstoppable AI will rob your job. Deceitful politicians never care about their voters. What’s the point of learning, building, speaking up? The world doesn’t notice. Thinking this way is self-destructive. You develop learned helplessness, you become convinced there’s…

A recent study shows us our inevitable top priority. — “When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control.” ― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being Ask the most successful creators. No one can predict exactly what goes viral or bombs. Chances increase…

Even without a minute to sit at your keyboard. — If I wake up in the middle of the night, I’m doomed. My brain suddenly turns on and starts scanning for new article ideas, pondering a magnetic intro for the latest draft, or wondering if I included everything necessary in it. It’s stressful. But success follows obsession. With writing always…

Hopes, miracles, and despair in our battle against infertility. — I’m sitting in my kitchen, waiting for my brain to come back online. Leonardo, my two-year-old, is nestling in my lap. He keeps waking up too early and needs a tender introduction to the world. It is a routine Saturday morning with nothing eventful happening. So why the knot in…

The perfect excuse for your content addiction. — “Why the hell am I still working on this article after 8 hours?” George wants to be a prolific writer. He hopes to build his health coaching practice online. But his slowness sabotages his efforts. Every night he plops in his office chair at home. Despite the grueling day at…