David Kadavy
@kadavy.bsky.social
100k+ copies sold
📗 Mind Management, Not Time Management
📕 The Heart to Start
📓 Digital Zettelkasten
📘 Design for Hackers
📱Timeful (Google acq'd)
📗 Mind Management, Not Time Management
📕 The Heart to Start
📓 Digital Zettelkasten
📘 Design for Hackers
📱Timeful (Google acq'd)
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Seriously though do the kids understand that we had basically no electronic media on-demand growing up? Pre-internet, I grew up without even home video rentals. Recorded music was expensive, books were expensive, my town had no book shops or record stores, we had no movie theater
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Seriously though do the kids understand that we had basically no electronic media on-demand growing up? Pre-internet, I grew up without even home video rentals. Recorded music was expensive, books were expensive, my town had no book shops or record stores, we had no movie theater
The popular saying is “Sleep on it,” but we rarely use incubation intentionally.
If you need to think hard about something, jot down notes about it for 5 minutes, then go to bed. In the morning you’ll have the solution. It’s magic!
If you need to think hard about something, jot down notes about it for 5 minutes, then go to bed. In the morning you’ll have the solution. It’s magic!
May 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The popular saying is “Sleep on it,” but we rarely use incubation intentionally.
If you need to think hard about something, jot down notes about it for 5 minutes, then go to bed. In the morning you’ll have the solution. It’s magic!
If you need to think hard about something, jot down notes about it for 5 minutes, then go to bed. In the morning you’ll have the solution. It’s magic!
Your mind is a building that starts burning when you wake up. What you create with the first hour of your day is who you rescue.
April 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Your mind is a building that starts burning when you wake up. What you create with the first hour of your day is who you rescue.
Something I believe but can’t prove is people who read books are increasingly not on social media at all.
March 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Something I believe but can’t prove is people who read books are increasingly not on social media at all.
Have many ideas, start a few, finish even fewer.
March 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Have many ideas, start a few, finish even fewer.
Home is where your preferences and habits can balloon from mild neuroses into full-blown disorders.
March 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Home is where your preferences and habits can balloon from mild neuroses into full-blown disorders.
If you're going to send an authentication code to my email every time, what is the point of my password?
March 1, 2025 at 5:08 AM
If you're going to send an authentication code to my email every time, what is the point of my password?
Every streaming service should have subtitles on every movie in every language, AI-generated.
Why don’t they?
Why don’t they?
February 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Every streaming service should have subtitles on every movie in every language, AI-generated.
Why don’t they?
Why don’t they?
Writer’s block is often caused by trying to take a deductive approach to what’s better served by an inductive process.
You’re expecting to write something true. But to get to the truth you have to be willing to first risk writing something false.
You’re expecting to write something true. But to get to the truth you have to be willing to first risk writing something false.
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Writer’s block is often caused by trying to take a deductive approach to what’s better served by an inductive process.
You’re expecting to write something true. But to get to the truth you have to be willing to first risk writing something false.
You’re expecting to write something true. But to get to the truth you have to be willing to first risk writing something false.
Today, a hummingbird came to my lunch table and floated in front of my face several seconds, looking right at me.
It was crazy.
I wonder if it was the same one I rescued from my house a year ago.
It was crazy.
I wonder if it was the same one I rescued from my house a year ago.
February 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Today, a hummingbird came to my lunch table and floated in front of my face several seconds, looking right at me.
It was crazy.
I wonder if it was the same one I rescued from my house a year ago.
It was crazy.
I wonder if it was the same one I rescued from my house a year ago.
Creations can’t be consumed until they’re crafted. Innovations can’t have impact until they’re implemented.
February 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Creations can’t be consumed until they’re crafted. Innovations can’t have impact until they’re implemented.
You might have a handful of lasting memories of awkward interactions that happened IRL. With social media you can keep shoveling them into your noggin till there's no more room.
February 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
You might have a handful of lasting memories of awkward interactions that happened IRL. With social media you can keep shoveling them into your noggin till there's no more room.
What if the meaning of life, besides four hours deep work, is to season your skillet?
February 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
What if the meaning of life, besides four hours deep work, is to season your skillet?
We believe we're on the cusp of AGI because it helps us avoid the inconvenient truth that LLMs show us our thinking isn't that original.
February 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We believe we're on the cusp of AGI because it helps us avoid the inconvenient truth that LLMs show us our thinking isn't that original.
Your mind is like a body of water, which must circulate. If your mind doesn’t meditate, it stagnates.
February 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Your mind is like a body of water, which must circulate. If your mind doesn’t meditate, it stagnates.
Main Character Syndrome is a scourge on society, but viewing your life's story as that of a main character is actually quite useful.
February 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Main Character Syndrome is a scourge on society, but viewing your life's story as that of a main character is actually quite useful.
Just distilled my first gallon of water with my new water distiller.
This is what it removed from my tap water.
This is what it removed from my tap water.
February 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Just distilled my first gallon of water with my new water distiller.
This is what it removed from my tap water.
This is what it removed from my tap water.
I believe now more than ever that spending a lot of time meditating is a very productive activity. With technology changing so fast in the age of AI, and more and more information coming at us, it’s increasingly true that being effective is not a matter of how much of your time you spend in motion.
January 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I believe now more than ever that spending a lot of time meditating is a very productive activity. With technology changing so fast in the age of AI, and more and more information coming at us, it’s increasingly true that being effective is not a matter of how much of your time you spend in motion.
Amazon's share of my self-publishing income:
2018: 94%
2024: 58%
2018: 94%
2024: 58%
January 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Amazon's share of my self-publishing income:
2018: 94%
2024: 58%
2018: 94%
2024: 58%
Just published a MASSIVE, 6,000 word income report, including a review of 2024 and predictions for 2025.
How did I limit Amazon to only 58% of my book income revenue, and grow my newsletter 30%? It's in here, and much more. kadavy.net/blog/posts/d...
How did I limit Amazon to only 58% of my book income revenue, and grow my newsletter 30%? It's in here, and much more. kadavy.net/blog/posts/d...
December 2024 Income Report (and 2024 review!)
To listen to an audio version of this report, join the Patreon » December’s revenue was $6,298, down from November’s $6,968. Profits were $2,022, down from November’s $3,351. This is also the last rep...
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January 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Just published a MASSIVE, 6,000 word income report, including a review of 2024 and predictions for 2025.
How did I limit Amazon to only 58% of my book income revenue, and grow my newsletter 30%? It's in here, and much more. kadavy.net/blog/posts/d...
How did I limit Amazon to only 58% of my book income revenue, and grow my newsletter 30%? It's in here, and much more. kadavy.net/blog/posts/d...
9 years ago I sold everything moved to where it takes 2 weeks to get something from Amazon.
I have a vivid memory of desiring, anticipating, and celebrating the arrival of every item I own.
It really bothers me how much joy I get from the consumption process.
I have a vivid memory of desiring, anticipating, and celebrating the arrival of every item I own.
It really bothers me how much joy I get from the consumption process.
January 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
9 years ago I sold everything moved to where it takes 2 weeks to get something from Amazon.
I have a vivid memory of desiring, anticipating, and celebrating the arrival of every item I own.
It really bothers me how much joy I get from the consumption process.
I have a vivid memory of desiring, anticipating, and celebrating the arrival of every item I own.
It really bothers me how much joy I get from the consumption process.
If we're going to live to 150, we must invent the MIB flashy thingy.
Even at 45, my daily thoughts are so invaded by the recall of images, experiences, smells, sounds, and memories of those who have long passed, I scarcely live in the present.
Even at 45, my daily thoughts are so invaded by the recall of images, experiences, smells, sounds, and memories of those who have long passed, I scarcely live in the present.
January 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If we're going to live to 150, we must invent the MIB flashy thingy.
Even at 45, my daily thoughts are so invaded by the recall of images, experiences, smells, sounds, and memories of those who have long passed, I scarcely live in the present.
Even at 45, my daily thoughts are so invaded by the recall of images, experiences, smells, sounds, and memories of those who have long passed, I scarcely live in the present.
Life Pro Tip: Put all social media apps on a separate phone, then smash it to pieces.
January 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Life Pro Tip: Put all social media apps on a separate phone, then smash it to pieces.
The deeper it comes from within your soul, the harder it will be to bring to life.
January 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The deeper it comes from within your soul, the harder it will be to bring to life.
No use watching in awe as others do what you can’t. Much better to do what you can until others are in awe of you.
January 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
No use watching in awe as others do what you can’t. Much better to do what you can until others are in awe of you.