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Here’s a ToC excerpt from *The Workshop Survival Guide*. Note that in most cases, the sections aren’t only a vague “topic,” but actually contain the primary learning outcome or takeaway: ![](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/media/reader/parsed_document_assets/126261462/J749WJg-xNNZXm_Apgs8JivyH-c0VpBJYH5R347Y4Oc-imag_V1M3pL6.jpg) This over-the-top descriptiveness is enormously helpful while testing and refining the book’s structure and contents, since it allows you to visualize exactly what (and when) a reader is learning.

Write Useful Books

Rob Fitzpatrick

This should go without saying, but talk to your customers prior to building anything.  People *love* talking about their problems to anyone who will listen to them.  Often they won’t have the first clue about what a solution looks like, but at the very least repeated similar emotional reactions from many people in a market should tell you that the problem is there and real.  After that, it is “just” a matter of marketing.

Running A Software Business On 5 Hours A Week

kalzumeus.com

Reddit has so many people on it, and there are communities for everything. Whenever I published a post I thought would do well there, I would find a community I could share it in, post it, and see what happened.Most of the time, it didn't work. It wouldn't catch on and wouldn't drive any significant visitors. But sometimes it did, and it would work in a big way.

How to Start a Blog That Changes Your Life - Nat Eliason

nateliason.com

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