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Practical PKM

A weekly newsletter where I help people apply values-based productivity principles and systems for personal growth, primarily using Obsidian. Subscribe if you want to make more of your notes and ideas.

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πŸ’­ Think Bigger, Live Bolder

In this edition of Practical PKM: πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: How a LifeTheme can help bring your ideal future into reality 😎 Something Cool: A great quality-of-life plugin for desktop Obsidian users πŸ“š My book notes from Inner Excellence by Jim Murphy If you prefer to read this newsletter in your browser, click here. πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: Chase Your Dreams, But Abandon Your Goals. I’ve been reading Inner Excellence by Jim Murphy for an upcoming Bookworm episode (the book made famous by A.J. Brown reading it on...

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In this edition of Practical PKM: πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: A frictionless weekkly review template (+ custom Shortcut) 😎 Something Cool: A free webinar on doing Personal Retreats in Obsidian πŸ“š My book notes from The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll If you prefer to read this newsletter in your browser, click here. πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: A Weekly Review That Actually Works (For Me) I’ve always had a bit of trouble getting the weekly review to really stick. By the time the week was over, I was usually...

In this edition of Practical PKM: πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: How your information diet impacts your ability to think and focus 😎 Something Cool: A useful toolbar for Obsidian users who aren't Markdown masters πŸ“š My book notes from The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson If you prefer to read this newsletter in your browser, click here. πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: Curate Your Information Sources & Increase Your Upper Limit When it comes to your information diet, you are what you eat (consume). If you’re...

In this edition of Practical PKM: πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: How an Experimental Mindest helps you make more progress 😎 Something Cool: An Obsidian plugin that enables manual file sorting πŸ“š My book notes from Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff If you prefer to read this newsletter in your browser, click here. πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: Don’t Set Goals, Run Experiments. Last week, Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff was officially released. I got a sneak peek when we interviewed her for the Focused podcast...

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In this edition of Practical PKM: πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: PKM Lessons from some of the Internet's most prolific creators 😎 Something Cool: My sketchnotes from the Newsletter Marketing Summit πŸ“š My book notes from The Catalyst by Jonah Berger If you prefer to read this newsletter in your browser, click here. πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: What I Learned Last Week from the Internet’s Most Successful Newsletter Creators Last week, I attended the Newsletter Marketing Summit in Austin, TX. It was hosted by Matt McGarry,...

In this edition of Practical PKM: πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: The tagging tutorial I wish I had when I started collecting notes 😎 Something Cool: A heat map plugin that helps you build writing momentum πŸ“š My book notes from Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning If you prefer to view this newsletter in your browser, click here. πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: Tags Are a Great Way to Keep Your Notes & Ideas Organized β€” If You Use Them Correctly Last week, I shared how I was using automation tools to help move...

In this edition of Practical PKM: πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: How I use automation to keep my Obsidian writing projects tidy 😎 Something Cool: A plugin that gives the Obsidian outline superpowers πŸ“š My book notes from The Courage to Be Disliked If you prefer to read this newsletter in your browser, click here. πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: File Automation Can Help Keep Your Notes Organized β€” But Only After You Decide How You Want to Group Things Together People ask me all the time about how I organize my file folders...

In this edition of Practical PKM: πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: How device-specific workflows can give your PKM system a boost 😎 Something Cool: An Obsidian plugin that enables linking to Canvas files (πŸŽ‰) πŸ“š My book notes from Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky If you prefer to read this newsletter in your browser, click here. πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: Trigger Intentional Focus with Device-Specific Workflows Last week, I shared some PKM tips from using Obsidian for the last 5 years. One of those tips was on...

In this edition of Practical PKM: πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: Some essential PKM tips from spending 5+ years in Obsidian 😎 Something Cool: A big update to The Productivity Field Guide πŸ“š My mind map book notes from Atomic Habits by James Clear If you prefer to read this newsletter in your browser, click here. πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: 10 Practical PKM Tips From Using Obsidian for the Last 5 Years Last week, I passed 5 years using Obsidian πŸŽ‰ As I reflect on my time using Obsidian, I recognize that I’ve made plenty...

In this edition of Practical PKM: πŸ’‘The Big Idea: A tutorial on how to keep tabs on collaborative tasks in Obsidian πŸŽ‰ Last call for the Practical PKM Cohort! 😎 Something Cool: System-level Obsidian notifications on Android?!? πŸ“š My book notes from Poor Charlie's Alamanack If you prefer to read this newsletter in your browser, click here. πŸ’‘ The Big Idea: I Built a Custom System for Keeping Tabs on Collaborative Tasks in Obsidian If you work with a team, you already know that effective task...