David Kadavy is author of Mind Management, Not Time Management, The Heart to Start & Design for Hackers.
There’s something I want to talk about, but frankly, I’m a little embarrassed to do so. However, I write with my former self in mind, and my former self would want to know about this. So here I go.
I want to talk about how to be somebody.
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December’s revenues were $10,130, up from November’s $9,949. Profits were $5,008, down from November’s $7,322.
Systems save energy. Especially if the system helps you with something you do every day. This is why I have a system for cooking. When you’re hungry, you make bad decisions, such as grabbing the quickest food you can find – which often happens to be unhealthy food. My cooking system ensures I never have to think about what to eat, or how to prepare it. It frees my time and my mind, so I can focus on creating. keep on reading »
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November’s revenues were $9,949, up from October’s $6,760. Profits were $7,322, up from October’s $5,381.
One year after the debut of Mind Management, Not Time Management, I have released a hardcover version! keep on reading »
Many people think our hunter-gatherer ancestors lived short and miserable lives. In fact, that’s what most anthropologists thought. Until the 1960s, when they looked more closely at how foragers got by.
The way foragers “worked” can tell us a lot about the way we, as creators, work.
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October’s revenues were $6,760, down from September’s $8,327. Profits were $5,381, down from September’s $5,585.
This month I’m reporting the lowest revenue in five months. But, expenses were the lowest they’ve been in a year and a half, so profits are pretty solid. Solid enough to keep up the record-breaking streak. keep on reading »
There’s a story I think of every time I’m in the throes of a difficult project. It’s from the movie, Catch Me if You Can, about the infamous con artist, Frank Abignale, Jr. Frank’s Father, Frank Senior, tells him a story:
When Michelangelo was painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, he designed and built his own scaffolding. But, it only covered half of the ceiling. So he painted the first half of the ceiling, then removed the scaffolding. When he finally got to view his work from the floor, seventy feet below, it was as if he were seeing it with new eyes.
After two years work, he didn’t like what he saw.
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September’s revenues were $8,327, down from August’s $9,115. Profits were $5,585, up from August’s $5,459.
