Newsletter Update: Slow(er) Productivity

In the last 4 years, I have written +300 newsletters and published 19 chess books. It has been a very intense and productive period, but it is also becoming harder to keep pushing every week. Something I have been reflecting on lately.

I read Cal Newport’s book Slow Productivity some time ago, which resonated with me.

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I like these values, and I must admit that it most likely is not sustainable for me to keep publishing a weekly newsletter. I want to focus on publishing my chess book ideas and do them well.

So, instead of publishing every week, I will take time off the grid to work on interesting projects (..and maybe also invest some time improving at chess). When I have something interesting to share, I will do so.

This might not happen every week. However, I will aim to deliver a higher-quality product when I send you something.

If you are a paid subscriber to this newsletter, first of all, thank you for supporting me and my family.

I can’t fully express how much your financial support has meant to me. Moving forward, I’ll keep sending you PDF editions of my books as a thank-you for your support.

I'm now taking some dedicated time to write the book on the checkmate patterns I've discussed in my recent newsletters

Part II of Mapping Checkmate Patterns with a 27-Dimensional Fingerprint

/Martin