Matt Gray

And I'm like, I'm just gonna go to a cafe. You know, and I like just like a change of scenery because I get a little ADD, I think, in a spot and like to just be in a new cafe with a nice new cup of coffee there that I'm trying out and then just like lock in. So that's just I don't know what that is brain wise, but that's just my productivity formula. That's so that's really cool.

And I'm like, I'm just gonna go to a cafe. You know, and I like just like a change of scenery because I get a little ADD, I think, in a spot and like to just be in a new cafe with a nice new cup of coffee there that I'm trying out and then just like lock in. So that's just I don't know what that is brain wise, but that's just my productivity formula. That's so that's really cool.

Everyone's remote. Yeah. Okay. That's cool. How about you? When you're most locked in, like you're writing this book right now, what's the ideal scene there? Oh, yeah.

Everyone's remote. Yeah. Okay. That's cool. How about you? When you're most locked in, like you're writing this book right now, what's the ideal scene there? Oh, yeah.

Everyone's remote. Yeah. Okay. That's cool. How about you? When you're most locked in, like you're writing this book right now, what's the ideal scene there? Oh, yeah.

like thousands of these things right when you like lock in around a given book maybe you've like determined the table of contents i'd assume at the given part how are you like synthesizing those references into like an organized way yeah like i'm kind of doing this right now i'm like do i print all this stuff out and like paste it on walls and like a beautiful mind or like what do you do here exactly and i'm like gradually getting into a flow but i find myself wandering and like sometimes it's just so much stuff i might organize chaos so so it's um

like thousands of these things right when you like lock in around a given book maybe you've like determined the table of contents i'd assume at the given part how are you like synthesizing those references into like an organized way yeah like i'm kind of doing this right now i'm like do i print all this stuff out and like paste it on walls and like a beautiful mind or like what do you do here exactly and i'm like gradually getting into a flow but i find myself wandering and like sometimes it's just so much stuff i might organize chaos so so it's um

like thousands of these things right when you like lock in around a given book maybe you've like determined the table of contents i'd assume at the given part how are you like synthesizing those references into like an organized way yeah like i'm kind of doing this right now i'm like do i print all this stuff out and like paste it on walls and like a beautiful mind or like what do you do here exactly and i'm like gradually getting into a flow but i find myself wandering and like sometimes it's just so much stuff i might organize chaos so so it's um

And I'm just curious, one last thing on the process is like when you have your table of contents, right. Or.

And I'm just curious, one last thing on the process is like when you have your table of contents, right. Or.

And I'm just curious, one last thing on the process is like when you have your table of contents, right. Or.

or maybe you've written the first manuscript do you involve people at certain stages of the book so i know people as an example that have like a table of contents nailed down and then they're going to go and talk to say 10 beta readers or 10 founders in their audience whatever and get them to look at it and get some live feedback on it to kind of sculpt it more and then people that also do that on a manuscript maybe once maybe even twice getting like 10 beta readers each time to kind of help them get it right and see where people are blocked like what's your approach there

or maybe you've written the first manuscript do you involve people at certain stages of the book so i know people as an example that have like a table of contents nailed down and then they're going to go and talk to say 10 beta readers or 10 founders in their audience whatever and get them to look at it and get some live feedback on it to kind of sculpt it more and then people that also do that on a manuscript maybe once maybe even twice getting like 10 beta readers each time to kind of help them get it right and see where people are blocked like what's your approach there

or maybe you've written the first manuscript do you involve people at certain stages of the book so i know people as an example that have like a table of contents nailed down and then they're going to go and talk to say 10 beta readers or 10 founders in their audience whatever and get them to look at it and get some live feedback on it to kind of sculpt it more and then people that also do that on a manuscript maybe once maybe even twice getting like 10 beta readers each time to kind of help them get it right and see where people are blocked like what's your approach there

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

it's tricky that balance um yeah i think i'm a manuscript like six or seven now and i feel like i'm in that like learning phase of like i'm sure every book after this will be a little bit easier but that first one i'm like man this thing is this is something yeah how long ago did you start it probably it's probably almost like two and a half years ago now i feel like just thrown out different versions because i'm like ah this isn't quite i think what it needs to be and it's been useful i feel like

it's tricky that balance um yeah i think i'm a manuscript like six or seven now and i feel like i'm in that like learning phase of like i'm sure every book after this will be a little bit easier but that first one i'm like man this thing is this is something yeah how long ago did you start it probably it's probably almost like two and a half years ago now i feel like just thrown out different versions because i'm like ah this isn't quite i think what it needs to be and it's been useful i feel like

it's tricky that balance um yeah i think i'm a manuscript like six or seven now and i feel like i'm in that like learning phase of like i'm sure every book after this will be a little bit easier but that first one i'm like man this thing is this is something yeah how long ago did you start it probably it's probably almost like two and a half years ago now i feel like just thrown out different versions because i'm like ah this isn't quite i think what it needs to be and it's been useful i feel like