In the second part of this blog series I shared how I treated my book as a series of small projects culminating in a final product The same was true for each of the 10 chapters it contained each one was its own project with a deadline and a goal for what that chapter was
One of the most common questions I ve received since the release of Building a Second Brain has been how I used my own Second Brain to write it There is absolutely no way I could have done this without my Second Brain I honestly cannot imagine how anyone undertakes an endeavor of this magnitude
This is an introduction to Building a Second Brain, the proven method to organize your digital life and unlock your creative potential. How many brilliant ideas have you had and forgotten? How many insights have you failed to take action on? How much useful advice have you slowly forgotten as the years have passed? We…
It has now been 10 months since my first published book Building a Second Brain was released in June 2022 And over 4 years since I kicked off the project in January 2019 The book has been an astounding success by any measure Here are some of the milestones I m most proud of 8230
We recently crossed the astounding milestone of 100 000 copies sold of my book Building a Second Brain That s just in the U S and UK and over the next few months it will go on sale in 20+ other countries and languages around the world I have to be honest every goal that
Our digital world is constantly colliding and overlapping with the digital worlds of others. No one is an island, and that is especially true in our hyperconnected age where information can be so easily shared and intermixed. I’ve long advocated for individuals to create a personal system of knowledge management to help them skillfully navigate…
Imagine for a moment the perfect organizational system A system that told you exactly where to put every piece of information in your life every document file note agenda outline and bit of research and exactly where to find it when you needed it
This research project started with a simple question that has crossed every author s mind How can I tell which books are successful TV shows have Nielsen ratings music albums have the Billboard Top 100 and movies regularly publicize their box office earnings but not books Bestseller lists like The New York Times are notoriously
This month will be the last time I teach a cohort of Building a Second Brain. After teaching 6k graduates in 16 cohorts over 6 years, it’s time to pass the torch to new instructors who will take over from here on out. Here’s why I’m making this decision: At every point in my journey, I’ve been surprised…
Over the past few weeks, I did something I’ve never done before: I read through all my old journals going back 10 years. I’m not a hardcore journaler, as you can probably tell by the fact that only 7 notebooks cover a full decade of my life. Journaling is more of a crisis intervention tool…
Mike St. Pierre invited me to speak at his 2022 Nonprofit Productivity Summit. In less than 25 minutes, we covered… Why I’m not a fan of digital minimalism The simple mindset shift to step out of the information overload crisis How taking notes can have a miraculous impact on you and your career The under-appreciated benefits…
Ryder Caroll, the creator of the Bullet Journal, invited me to discuss all things personal knowledge management (PKM) and Building a Second Brain. We covered: First vs Second Brain What a Second Brain looks like How to use a notebook as a Second Brain Goals vs Projects The Second Brain and reflection The future of…
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