On this episode of The Productivityist Podcast, Joey Cofone, the co-founder and CEO of Baron Fig, joins the show. Baron Fig is a company that started as a Kickstarter project which has evolved into a brand that designs and offers inspiring products to thinkers such as writers, illustrators, and entrepreneurs around the world.
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I just talked with James Clear on the previous episode, and now Joey Cofone is here! I’ve been wanting to chat with Joey for a while and on this episode, I finally got the chance. I had a great time discussing a range of topics from my well-documented affinity for Baron Fig, their collaboration with James Clear, what it’s like to create physical products, and how he builds a team that’s crafting these products.
Some of the points that we unpacked on this week’s show are:
Point, don't plan: How to set goals, let them go, and keeping impostor syndrome and comparison at bay (02:18)
The Beginnings of Baron Fig: From a notebook idea at a Thai restaurant to selling nearly 10,000 notebooks in 30 days and now taking over my life (06:46)
Creating a design-oriented notebook and building a thinker company (11:45)
Digital vs Analog: What is the best tool for the job and why is a notebook still the best tool for thinking (15:02)
The freedom and restriction that apps tend to bring (19:29)
Rooting for digital tools and integrating new styles in paper products (22:09)
Guided editions including James Clear's The Clear Habit Journal: the next evolutionary step for people intimidated by the blank page (24:49)
Balancing digital and analog tools in developing ideas simultaneously (29:15)
Why Joey supplanted the Nomad sticky notes with the Strategist note cards (31:06)
Good ideas come from anywhere: Talking to 500 thinkers around the world for feedback (33:07)
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“Design is integrated into everything that I do and how I look at the world. And I don’t think it was something that I chose, it’s how I grew up, being very nitpicky and detail-oriented. And in design, it just seem that that is what I should do with this. So, when we started Baron Fig, we’re very much design-oriented.” ~ Joey CofoneRelevant Links
https://www.baronfig.com/ (Baron Fig)
https://productivityist.com/daily-theme-everyday-focus/ (Horizontal Themes: Maintaining Time, Making Time, and Musing Time)
https://www.notion.so/ (Notion App)
https://patrickrhone.com/2010/11/08/sensible-defaults/ (Patrick Rhone’s Sensible Defaults)
https://www.baronfig.com/blogs/eureka/introducing-the-clear-habit-journal (James Clear's Clear Habit Journal)
https://player.fm/series/the-productivityist-podcast-a-time-management-and-personal-productivity-talk-show/why-you-need-atomic-habits-with-james-clear (Why You Need Atomic Habits with James Clear)
https://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-made/ (How Did This Get Made?)
https://www.baronfig.com/pages/eureka/ (Eureka)
https://michaelhyatt.com/ (Michael Hyatt)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkornfield (Adam...
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