How a First-Time Author Got a 7-Figure Book Deal
This man was paid $1,000,000+ for a book…and he’s dressed like a cow. Pic from a 4-Hour Chef sidebar that sadly had to be cut due to space constraints. [This is a companion post to “How to (Really)...
View ArticleA Few Thoughts on Content Creation, Monetization, and Strategy
(Photo credit: Shewatchedthesky) This is short post on content creation and monetization. Below is an e-mail I received from a friend of a friend. My answers to him are inline after “TIM”, and I’ve...
View ArticleTim Ferriss Interviews Neil Strauss, 7x New York Times Bestselling Author, on...
Did you enjoy this sample of creativeLIVE content? If so, you’ll love my extended interview of author Neil Strauss on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast. Click below to stream or you can find it on iTunes...
View ArticleThe Ugly New York Times Bestseller — The Creative Process in Action
(Photo: photosteve101) “Put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.” –...
View ArticleThe Odd (And Effective) Routines of Famous Minds like Beethoven, Maya...
Wine is part of my creative process. How I use it has been influenced by other writers. Why reinvent the wheel? Sometimes, peculiar routines are the key to sanity… and productivity. For years, I wrote...
View ArticleHow to Write a Bestselling Book This Year — The Definitive Resource List and...
If you want to write a bestselling book, don’t reinvent the wheel. I get at least a dozen email a week from friends who want to write books. After three #1 bestsellers from 2007 to 2012, and publishing...
View ArticleWriting with the Master – The Magic of John McPhee
If I could study non-fiction writing with anyone, it would be John McPhee. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker, a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and he won that award in 1999 for Annals...
View ArticleWhat My Morning Journal Looks Like
History is littered with examples of successful (and unsuccessful) people who kept daily journals. It ranges from Marcus Aurelius to Ben Franklin, and from Mark Twain to George Lucas. But what on earth...
View ArticleThe Habits of a Master — Paulo Coelho, Author of The Alchemist (#154)
“A successful writing day is the day that I suffer in the morning, and I have fun in the evening.” -Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho (paulocoelho on Facebook) has long been one of my writing inspirations. His...
View ArticleHow to Undertake the Artist’s Journey
Note from the editor: The following is a guest post by Steven Pressfield (@spressfield), the best-selling author of The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, The Afghan Campaign, and The Lion’s Gate,...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Get Back to Basics
It’s time to get back to basics. This blog has been dominated by podcast-related posts for quite a few years now. I’ve done very little writing. Now, please don’t get me wrong; I absolutely love doing...
View ArticleMake Before You Manage
Try looking at your mind as a wayward puppy that you are trying to paper train. You don’t drop-kick a puppy into the neighbor’s yard every time it piddles on the floor. You just keep bringing it back...
View ArticleWhere Are You Still Using Single-Ply?
I recently had an epiphany. It wasn’t in the shower. It wasn’t while meditating under a tree. It was while sitting in the bathroom. As I held the toilet paper in my hand, I realized that it was...
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The Best Books and Articles I Read in 2019
2019 was a huge year for me. I rediscovered nature, recommitted to writing, experimented widely, scuttled many things that have weighed on me for years, and greatly improved my overall investing....
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Finding the One Decision That Removes 100 Decisions (or, Why I’m Reading No...
Donald Knuth, a renowned mathematician and recipient of the Turing Award (considered the Nobel Prize of computer science), retired from using email in 1990. He issued a public statement on his...
View ArticleThe Story of a Curious Phone Call
The below is a true story from Auburn Sandstrom that blew my mind and opened my heart. It is excerpted with permission from All These Wonders: True Stories about Facing the Unknown. Read the whole...
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11 Reasons Not to Become Famous (or “A Few Lessons Learned Since 2007”)
November of 2008. I had more hair, a flip phone, and absolutely no idea what was coming. Let the cymbals of popularity tinkle still. Let the butterflies of fame glitter with their wings. I shall envy...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on Coronaviruses and Seatbelts
“Hope is not a strategy.“— James Cameron A prescient article titled “Body Count” by Epsilon Theory/Ben Hunt (@epsilontheory) was recently sent to me by one of my smartest and most connected friends....
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Predicting Hospital Capacity: Why to Act Early, How to Think About Lag Time,...
NOTE FROM TIM: The following was written by a close friend who has decades of experience in healthcare systems and advanced training in computer science and healthcare data science. He preferred to...
View ArticleEmergency Technique: How to Increase Ventilator Capacity 2–4x in 10 Minutes
The next two weeks are going to be very difficult, and the risk of ventilator shortages due to COVID-19 is high. Manufacturing will ultimately help, but it takes time. I’m already aware of one...
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