David Kadavy is author of Finish What Matters; Mind Management, Not Time Management; & Digital Zettelkasten.
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 »
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 »
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 »
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Revenue for the second quarter of 2026 was:
Q1’s revenue was $11,155.
Q2 profits were:
Q1’s profit was $8,081.
This article originally appeared on Maximum Reverie »
Two questions that don’t seem related, but are:
This article originally appeared on Maximum Reverie »
In 1513, Raphael was making a fortune essentially as a more-reliable Leonardo. At thirty, Raphael had already done his best work. Leonardo, in his sixties, was just across the courtyard, still working on the Mona Lisa. keep on reading »
This article originally appeared on Maximum Reverie »
The man who published 500 left 150 unfinished – and that’s just the beginning. His unique paper trail provides clues on how creative works get done (or don’t).
I published three new articles on Substack this week:
As of today, I have been alive for 47 years. Here is everything I’ve learned:
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Revenue for the first quarter of 2026 was:
Q4 2025’s revenue was $11,883.
Q1 2026 profits were:
Q4 2025’s profit was $7,724.
