Notion as a Second Brain Tour

I’m very excited and proud to announce that I’ll be co-organizing a series of free meetups in cooperation with Notion, the up-and-coming productivity and knowledge management software. We’ll be hosting events in the following 6 cities to start, with possibly more to come later next year (click each link to register): Mexico City (12/4) Sao…

Black Friday Promotion: Last Chance to Join Building a Second Brain

My favorite scene in all the Harry Potter books is when Harry uses a “Pensieve.” A Pensieve is a large, enchanted dish into which wizards can pour their memories, so that they can later be “re-lived” in full detail: (Here’s a 5-minute clip from the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in which…

Introducing Forte Academy

Since 2013, we’ve helped thousands of students hone their professional skills through our courses in productivity and personal effectiveness. We’ve seen them gain knowledge, master new skills, and take on new perspectives that have had a profound impact not only on their careers, but on their quality of life. Now we are kicking things up…

The Creative Process Workshop

We’ve developed a live, in-person creative writing workshop called The Creative Process. First prototyped in New York City, we’ve since delivered it in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Arizona, with many more cities around the world planned for the coming year. As the name suggests, this isn’t just a workshop to help you write better….

Zen Courses Podcast With Janelle Allen

I recently joined Janelle Allen on her podcast to talk about “organizing” our learning for better productivity. She is the founder of Zen Courses, where she helps business owners apply learning & marketing strategies to create profitable online courses that change lives. Here’s some of the things we talked about: 5:08 My entrepreneurial journey 9:17 The…

Why Now is the Time to Build A Second Brain: 7 Trends Driving the Note-Taking Revolution

Illustration by Mark Weaver We are living in the midst of an Informational Apocalypse. The volume of information we’re exposed to every day continues to explode without regard for the number of hours in a day. “Information overload” has evolved from a narrow preoccupation to a pervasive state of mind. Every minute of our day…

From Coach to Business podcast

I recently joined Todd Nief and Brandon Heavey on their podcast dedicated to helping fitness professionals start and grow a business. It’s called From Coach to Business, and you can find the website here. We find a surprising number of parallels between productivity, fitness, and business, and had a great time unpacking how lessons learned…

North Star Podcast: Tiago Forte on the Future of Online Education

Check out my super in-depth, 2-hour conversation with my co-instructor David Perell below. We talk about what we think the future of online education will look like, how creativity and productivity are evolving in the modern world, and what we’ve learned from teaching over 1,000 students through our online courses, Building a Second Brain and…