Guides
One question, one straight answer.
Short, direct answers: reading a PDF e-book on any device, what a personalised book should actually change, and the working-style questions behind money, projects, visibility and technology.
Personalised books
What a book written for one reader is, and how to judge one.
- What is a personalised e-book, and what should it actually change?Most 'personalised' books only paste in a name. What a genuinely personalised e-book changes — order, examples, exercises, warnings — and how to tell the difference.
- How to judge an AI-written book before and after you buy itSix checks that separate a useful AI-written book from padded filler: specificity, invented facts, repetition, structure, honesty about how it was made, and a preview.
Working on yourself
Money, unfinished projects, being seen, learning technology — and why the same advice fits some people and fails others.
- Money personality types: two questions that explain how you handle moneyMost money advice assumes one temperament. Two questions — what your money does when it arrives, and what money is for — explain most of how people actually behave with it.
- Why you start projects and don't finish themUnfinished projects are rarely about discipline. Four patterns — tempo, width, what a block does to you, and who is watching — and the fix that fits each.
- Personal branding for people who would rather not be the faceBeing visible online without becoming a performer: build the thing instead of the persona, choose channels that suit you, and let taste or numbers — whichever you trust — decide.
- How to learn a new technology fast, depending on how you learnHands-first or map-first? Learning a new tool quickly depends on which way in suits you, and on whether technology is a tool to you or a craft.
- How to actually use a self-help book instead of just finishing itFinishing a self-help book is not the same as using it. Read for one change, not twelve ideas; act before the next chapter; and check the advice against how you really work.
Reading your e-book
Opening a PDF e-book on a Kindle, an iPhone, an Android phone — and whether PDF or EPUB suits you.
- How to read a PDF e-book on a KindleSend a PDF to your Kindle with Amazon's Send to Kindle, what happens to the layout on a small screen, and when reading it on a phone or tablet works better.
- How to read a PDF e-book on an iPhone or iPadSave a PDF e-book to Apple Books or Files on an iPhone or iPad, keep it in sync across devices, and read it comfortably on a small screen.
- How to read a PDF e-book on AndroidRead a PDF e-book on an Android phone or tablet: open it directly, add it to Google Play Books to keep your place, or keep it in Google Drive across devices.
- PDF or EPUB: which e-book format should you want?The real difference between PDF and EPUB e-books — fixed page versus reflowing text — which devices each suits, and why some books are better as a PDF.
Longer essays on the method live in the Journal; definitions in the Glossary.