David Kadavy

David Kadavy is author of Finish What Matters; Mind Management, Not Time Management; & Digital Zettelkasten.

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Finish What Matters is now live

September 14, 2026

Finish What Matters is now available on Amazon Kindle and paperback, Audible Audiobook, and in ebook and audiobook from other retailers. (Availability by ordering through your local bookstore is coming soon.)

If you’ve already read the book, please click on a star rating. If you know a podcaster or other creator who you think would be interested in featuring the book, please pass it on.

Since you’re reading my blog, humor me as I start with the personal note that it’s hard to believe this book is finally finished and out there. keep on reading »

Last chance to pre-order at $9.99

September 10, 2026

Finish What Matters debuts Monday. This is your last chance to pre-order at only $9.99.

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“Too many ideas?” Bonus added for pre-orders of Finish What Matters

September 03, 2026

Do you feel like you have too many ideas? It’s hard to focus on one because it feels like you might be missing out on the others.

That’s why I use an Idea Triage spreadsheet. It helps me sort and filter my ideas according to risk, reward, work, and more. Using the concepts from Finish What Matters, I ask myself things like: keep on reading »

Pre-order Finish What Matters, get my unreleased draft

August 26, 2026

In 2017, I challenged myself to email a chapter a day for 30 days. The response led me to write a whole trilogy.

As I finish the trilogy, I’m making that original draft available for the first time ever (30k words, ~130 pages) to anyone who pre-orders the Kindle edition of the third book. keep on reading »

Pre-order Finish What Matters

August 19, 2026

In 2017, I decided I needed to get serious about shipping creative work.

So I challenged myself to send an email a day for 30 days. I wrote a draft of a book I’d call Getting Art Done. Some of you OGs might remember this graphic: keep on reading »

Hours left, stretch goal reached (audiobook included!)

April 02, 2026

Just a quick post to let you know that the stretch goal has been reached for the briefly re-opened Finish What Matters Preview Edition.

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Finish What Matters Preview Edition (briefly) re-opened

March 24, 2026

After a couple months of extra-focused writing I’ve re-opened the Preview Edition of Finish What Matters. keep on reading »

Stretch goal for Finish What Matters: audiobook for all

January 28, 2026

I have now reached my initial funding goal for the Finish What Matters Preview Edition!

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Chapter 2 of Finish What Matters Preview Edition now available

January 26, 2026

There’s one week left to sign up for the Preview Edition »

If you beat yourself up for not finishing what you start, you might want to look at how you define what’s finished. keep on reading »

Introducing Finish What Matters (Preview Edition)

January 06, 2026

Today, I’m making available for the first time the Preview Edition of my upcoming book, Finish What Matters. (You can start reading today.) keep on reading »

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