Well, I'm excited to announce that I signed a MAJOR book deal with Simon & Schuster!

The fact that they inked a "major" deal to a first-time author shows that we've been seen. We've been heard. And my new editors at Simon & Schuster have bet money that our message is ready to spread far and wide.

This is a big moment for me and for this movement we are leading.

Here is the official release on Publisher's Marketplace.

Our Shared Opportunity with the Book

This book will encapsulate everything I teach to help people reclaim their agency over information and to transform it into meaningful insights and creative breakthroughs. Nothing in the book is untested; everything inside has been forged through the ﬁres of discerning, expectant individuals who make up this newsletter—and especially the individuals who have participated in the LYT workshops and community.

If you want to be a part of inner circle making this book a reality...if you want to commit to reviewing early sections (maybe even chapters) of the book, this is your opportunity to raise your hand to apply to be a LYT Book Collaborator.

Collaborators will be featured in the Acknowledgement section of the book, adding your name to a timeless artifact in the human story when it's published in 2027.

My Hopes for the Book

I hope we can spread to others the joy and empowerment that so many of us have felt along our journey of figuring out how to best work with information and ideas.

I hope we make something so good that people who have never heard the term PKM will find answers to the questions they didn't realize a whole tribe of us have been asking.

I hope to help people overcome feelings of being lost and anxious and overwhelmed by "too much information," and to give them a way to take the power back and reclaim agency over their own mind—not just by becoming a monk in the mountains (that's the easy way), but when we're staring into screens. Because the screen is the point of contact!

That's where we need the tools and techniques, the mindsets and methods, to not get sucked into the endless abyss of consumption, but to learn how to meaningfully engage with the ideas and insights that matter.

Onwards!

Obsidian has databases now, sorry Notion

Notion is about to lose another chunk of their PKM market. If you haven't watched my YouTube video from last week, you will want to. It will help you understand the what, why, and how of "Bases." The more you understand, the better you will be able to take advantage of this brand new super-feature.

Because "Bases" is such a huge update, it's still only available to insiders.

00:00 - Introduction: What is a Base?
01:14 - Getting Started: Creating Your First Base
08:30 - The 3 Best Features of Bases
14:53 - Bases vs Dataview for "Recently Modified"
16:30 - Bases vs Dataview for "Projects"
19:08 - Key Additional Features
21:54 - Implications of using Obsidian Bases
25:47 - The Current Limitations
27:52 - Current Guidance
29:12 - Close
29:51 - Outro
30:07 - End

How to learn, lean and fast

Lean Learning by Pat Flynn is a book that should help those of us who over-index on "too much information" at the cost of actually applying what we're learning. (We know who we are!)

Chapter One talks about "Inspiration Overload," the "Art of Selective Curiosity," and helpful 2x2 called the "Inspiration Matrix."
Chapter Two covers "Choosing Action over Information," because it's one thing to KNOW the value of action, but how do we get to action?

That's the first quarter of the book and hopefully this sneak peek helps you identify if this book might be a good fit for you. I suspect if you're reading this, it likely is. Pat Flynn is creator and entrepreneur multiple times over, and it just so happens that we share the exact same book imprint and publisher: Simon Acumen at Simon & Schuster.

Upcoming videos from me

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What are your biggest struggles with AI?

I have privacy concerns that prevent me from digging in

I don't want it thinking or writing for me

AI-generated content will pollute my personal ideaverse

I'm not onboard with the ethics of it all

Stay connected,

Nick

P.S... I'm in Montana for most of the summer. I grew up here. It's a weird feeling being back. Things are mostly the same. And I'm the same. But I'm also different too...I don't know, still ruminating on this. I am excited to write the book from here though!

P.P.S... Our synced sprint of Notemaking Mastery just hit Day 11 of 22. I love this course and the way individuals are leaning in and going from "spark" to "remark."

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