What happens when intellect alone stops serving your deepest needs? In part two of my blog series recounting my quest for self-knowledge, I share the turning point when I realized that mindset shifts and productivity tools weren’t enough to bring the vibrancy I craved into my life.
On October 3-4, 2024, we hosted our very first in-person Second Brain Summit in Los Angeles, and honestly, it was a dream come true. This event felt like a “bucket list” moment in every way. I’d count it among my top five life milestones, right up there with getting married, witnessing my children’s births, and…
When I left the religious faith of my youth, everything collapsed – my certainty, my sense of purpose, the very foundations of my life. What do you do when the reality you once believed in dissolves away? This is the story of my unexpected 20-year journey to rediscover myself.
17 years ago, at the age of 22, I uploaded my first YouTube video. My high school friend Derick and I had set up a digital camcorder, faced the camera with our backs to his bedroom wall, hit record, and just started talking about 3D printing, which was to be the first episode in a…
This is a proposal I wrote for a television show based on my bestselling book Building a Second Brain. If it resonates with you and you’re in a position to make a TV show happen, please let me know by emailing [email protected]. I’m open to a variety of formats, funding sources, routes to production, and…
In this blog post, I share a deeply personal journey through an unexplained illness that affected my voice for years. What began as a small scratch in my throat eventually spiraled into debilitating pain and silence, leaving me without answers after visiting dozens of doctors across four countries. It wasn’t until I explored the mind-body connection through the work of Dr. John Sarno and other experts that I finally began to understand the root cause of my suffering.
I’ve read hundreds of books on productivity and self-improvement over the years. Many of them are filled with vague prescriptions or clichéd advice, but a small number were truly transformative for me. They served as intellectual lighthouses on my journey, helping me understand what was happening to me as I explored my past, my psyche,…
In June 2024, I attended VidCon, the preeminent global conference on YouTube and all things Creator Economy. It was the first large-scale event of its kind I’ve ever been a part of, and it introduced me to many fascinating and surprising trends emerging on the Internet. Here are my top takeaways from the conference that…
I’ve long believed that our choices about which projects to take on are among the most important decisions we make, and now I have evidence to back it up. In an article on the TED blog and a paper called The Methodology of Personal Projects Analysis, research professor Brian R. Little examines how the pursuit…
It’s now been two years since the release of my book Building a Second Brain. It has already reached and surpassed every goal I had for it, with 250,000 worldwide sales and many new countries and languages still to come. On this occasion, however, I want to answer a longstanding question that is only just starting to come into focus: Has the success of this book grown the underlying business?
I recently attended a 3-day intensive program designed to shift people’s attitudes toward money, hosted by executive coach and teacher Joe Hudson and his team. I didn’t really know what I was in for. I went mostly to accompany my wife Lauren, who said she needed a new perspective on money and thought I might…
I recently came across a Substack post by Venkatesh Rao called Oozy Intelligence in Slow Time that was one of the most insightful I’ve ever read for understanding the nature of Artificial Intelligence. We tend to think of Artificial Intelligence as being in an arms race with Human Intelligence. Which one is smarter? When will…
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