My Book Project: Working The Future

I’ve been experimenting with hacking my life for a few years now. The idea was that I could design a really great work-live-play lifestyle that leveraged my passions and talents, delivered superior value and making it work with a growing family - outside of the corporate monoculture.

After a very appreciated talk I did at Soho House in Los Angeles for a bunch of Hyper Island master class students in the end of last year, I grew confident that I had enough learnings, insights and intelligence to write a book.

I started to write the book in January, getting up at 5am to get a few hours of solitude and tranquility to collect my thoughts and transform them into words, sentences and paragraphs. I then took a break for a week for a few talks in São Paulo. There I shared my latest outline and content to similar accolades.

My ambition is to write an inspirational book about how to leverage technology and reclaim the right to design our own lifestyles. I started this journey in 2005 after leaving Yahoo! and think I’ve mostly figured out how to make it work for my growing family. There is no magic bullet, just small everyday steps.

Above is the presentation deck that I’ve been using, outlining the 7 chapters I’m currently writing. Feel free to comment. I’ll share more as I’m progressing.