I’m unbelievably proud to announce the inaugural Second Brain Summit, taking place October 3–4, 2024, in Los Angeles, California! We’re gathering 500 of the most dedicated experts and practitioners of personal knowledge management in the world’s creative capital with three goals in mind: To meet other like-minded people and see that we’re not alone To…
For 10 years, I’ve been immersed in the world of online education. Courses, social media, blog posts, videos – these have been my daily tools of the trade in developing the Building a Second Brain (BASB) ecosystem. Yet I’ve recently been haunted by the feeling that we’re still barely scratching the surface – that after…
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…
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…
I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Jason Frand, THE personal knowledge management (PKM) pioneer. In 1999, Dr. Jason Frand and Carol Hixon wrote the revolutionary paper ‘Personal Knowledge Management: Who, What, Why, When, Where, How?’. This article coined the term PKM and changed its trajectory forever. In this interview, we discussed: Where the idea for PKM…
I joined Chris Hutchins on the All the Hacks Podcast to discuss all things Second Brain. We dived into: How you can remember and use the things you learn Why you should only save the quote and not the whole book Why there is no one app to rule them all Why you need to…
One of my favorite things about open questions is that they can be freely borrowed anywhere you encounter them. In my course Building a Second Brain, I lead students through an exercise to identify their own favorite problems. They can then serve as a filter for what to capture in their notes, a guide for…
It was a pleasure to sit down with Pomp to chat about all things Second Brain. We dove deep into a host of topics, including: Are we consuming too much? How many hours do I read a day? How to create projects from your notes Why removing risk from your life is wrong Do our…
Your favorite problems will likely stay consistent over many years but that doesn t mean they can t evolve I ve found that in most cases I never actually arrive at a final definitive answer to a question Instead the question changes as I learn more Let me illustrate this with a case study I
Richard Phillips Feynman was one of the most important scientists of the 20th century Born on the outskirts of New York City in 1918 his work in theoretical physics radically reshaped our understanding of the universe we live in at the most fundamental subatomic levels When it was all said and done his biography would
The Keystone Accelerator is back! Two years ago, I partnered with my top marketing advisor, Billy Broas. I said to Billy: “The marketing side of my business has been so important and so filled with powerful lessons. I want to teach online marketing to my readers, but I’ve got to stay focused on Building a…
On the Build in Public podcast, KP and I dove into my journey as an entrepreneur, course creator, author, and dad. We covered… Why and how I “build” my book in public How being a dad influences my business decisions Why hiring people is a lot like having kids What ambition really means When can you…
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