The best way to stop spending time on unnecessary distractions is to make a "to-stop-doing list". This is better than a to-do-list,...

There are two fundamental ways not to be ignored at work. One is to make noise. The other is to make progress, to do exceptional work....

Paddy Chayefsky famously said, "As soon as I figure out the theme of my play, I write it down on a thin strip of paper and Scotch-tape it...

The computer is...not really good for generating ideas. There are too many opportunities to hit the delete key. The computer brings out...

Give yourself permission to not know things. Some people will see ignorance as a point of failure, but successful people see it as...

One rule for first full working drafts: get them done ASAP. Don't worry about quality. Act, don't reflect. Momentum is everything. Get to...

Write until you are not afraid to write. Perhaps you will always be afraid. Isaac Asimov got up every morning at dawn and wrote until...