The hype is real when it comes to Tana… and it’s completely transformed my spark notes & writing system. Marshal McLuhan famously said, “We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” After years of trying to stay tool-agnostic when it comes to talking about note-taking, I’m willing to…

Create An Infinite Library Of Things To Write (& Create) — Everything in my writing system starts with something that I like to call a SparkNote⚡️ Sparknotes can come from anywhere. But usually, they pop up when I’m consuming books, articles or scrolling through my Twitter feed. If you’re familiar with the Zettelkasten method you might call them fleeting or literature…

A lot of people tell me you can’t do long form writing in Tana. — And at first glance it might seem like they are right. Tana looks & acts like an outliner. Not exactly conducive to long form writing. But it might surprise you to hear that I use it as my main writing app for everything from short tweets through to long articles. …

A few months ago I saved a tweet from Ronit Newmark that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about… “Good things happen when you release work that’s waiting on you. Set someone free by completing something that unlocks other’s work.” And if I’m honest, I’m really bad at this. …

I build processes for myself not because I’m super organised. But because I can’t be trusted to get work done otherwise. 👉 I am a procrastinator 👉 When anything feels hard I won’t do it 👉 I have shiny object syndrome 👉 I struggle to finish things I start Lately…

People often ask me how I create so much content Here’s My Secret: I create two tweets a day & the rest of my content is built from those two tweets. Shocking right? Here’s how I leverage 2x tweets into a smorgasbord of posts, articles, & short-form videos across multiple platforms… First, Start With A Signature Platform I haven’t seen any creator able to come out of the gate guns blazing on multiple platforms…

Even after 10+ years as a content marketer, I still hate that moment at the start of the week when I’m staring down the barrel of a blank screen, wondering what to post. So I swapped a blank screen for a 🏦 Content Bank full of ideas. I spend my…

If you treat it right your Social Media Feeds can serve you up some of the most delicious insights & ideas. — Most people treat their social media feeds as a chance to check out of life for a while. But hiding in those dopamine-inducing screens can be some of your juiciest insights as a creator. For instance, today while casually scrolling through my Twitter feed I had three separate pretty powerful…

For 10 years I was a wannabe creator. Starting creative projects, only to have them fizzle out time after time. And because I solve problems by building systems, I convinced myself that if only I had a better content creation system I would eventually succeed. But no amount of tweaking…