David Kadavy is author of Mind Management, Not Time Management, The Heart to Start & Design for Hackers.
ARCs, galleys, advance reader copies, or advance review copies – whatever you want to call it, you want to get your self-published book in the hands of readers in advance of your launch date. Where’s the best place to print your advance reader copies? keep on reading »
It’s hard to predict the future, but you can be better at predicting the future. All you need is a few delicious avocados.
An audio version of this income report is available to Patreon backers of certain levels »
October’s revenues were $5,589, up from September’s $5,093. Profits were $3,627, up from $3,242. keep on reading »
If you want to write a book, don’t ask, “How much money does the average book make?” In this context, “average” is meaningless. You’re in the world of Black Swans. The Black Swan is a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and I have found the ideas in it critical to navigating my career as an author. Here – in my own words – is my The Black Swan book summary. The ideas in The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable are what I think about when I’m considering writing a new book.
UPDATE, November 30, 2021: I’ve now published a hardcover of Mind Management, Not Time Management in Ingram’s new case laminate, plus dust jacket option, and it looks great!
Two years after publishing The Heart to Start: Stop Procrastinating & Start Creating on paperback – through both KDP Print and IngramSpark – I decided to also publish it as an IngramSpark hardcover (aka “hardback”). So I grabbed my IngramSpark promo code, for free set up and uploaded my files. Here’s my IngramSpark hardcover review. keep on reading »
Today is the day! My new book, Mind Management, Not Time Management is now available everywhere! I’m very excited to share with you a cohesive system for managing your energy, instead of your time – to be productive when creativity matters. keep on reading »
TL;DR: Buy Mind Management, Not Time Management right now »
It’s surreal. Ten years ago I started writing my first book. That was when I ran into a problem. keep on reading »
An audio version of this income report is available to Patreon backers of certain levels »
September’s revenues were $5,093, up from August’s $4,519. Profits were $3,242, up from $2,024. keep on reading »
When I first heard of Getting Things Done, I was skeptical. How could it possibly live up to the fanaticism of its cult following? But once I saw the power of the “next action,” of “someday/maybes,” and of organizing tasks by “context,” I knew there was a good reason for the hype: “GTD” works.
In the game of golf, there’s an expression: “Drive for show, putt for dough.” What it means is: If you want to win tournaments, practice putting.