David Kadavy is author of Finish What Matters; Mind Management, Not Time Management; & Digital Zettelkasten.
Finish What Matters is now available directly in my Shopify store, in both ebook and paperback (it will be printed just for you and arrive in 2–3 weeks).
There is also a video course available, and the paperback is available in various online stores – and probably for order at your local bookstore.
I was incredibly careful crossing Dodge Street in August of 2005, ducking into the smokey bar where my friends and family had gathered. I had gotten a job in California, and was finally getting out of Nebraska. Life had suddenly gone from feeling stagnant, monotonous, and dreadful to exciting, anticipatory, and auspicious. keep on reading »
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.)
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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 »
Finish What Matters debuts Monday. This is your last chance to pre-order at only $9.99.
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 »
