I joined Scott Young, the author of Ultralearning, to discuss all things Second Brain. We covered: The power of habits How life can be a marathon or a sprint How notes are tools for thinking My personal tech stacks How notetaking can be a tool for personal development What we can learn from artists Watch…
A “Second Brain” is a system for knowledge management – a trusted place outside your head to preserve and protect your most valuable knowledge. But it’s not one piece of software – it is the entire ecosystem of apps and tools you use to handle information. That said, there is one kind of app that…
After teaching over 5,000 students how to build a Second Brain, I know that there’s no one right way and no one true app. I also noticed that my personal setup not always resonates with everyone. Most students find it helpful to see how other people have implemented the principles of the Building a Second…
How do you establish the habits of personal knowledge management in your life? Here are twelve practical steps you can take right now to get your Second Brain started: 1. Decide what you want to capture Think about your Second Brain as an intimate commonplace book or journal. What do you most want to capture,…
I m incredibly proud to announce we ve signed our first two non English foreign publishing deals for my upcoming book Building a Second Brain
The book will be available in China and Taiwan both with major non fiction publishers who have worked with many of the top Western authors to have their
We ve just signed our first international book deal to publish Building a Second Brain in the United Kingdom
The initial wave of pre orders in the United States has turned publishing heads around the world and my literary agency has reported a surge in interest and enthusiasm for BASB in multiple countries
Last week I asked you to be among the very first people to pre order my new book Building a Second Brain and boy did you deliver
The book quickly climbed the bestseller charts in the early morning hours last Tuesday hitting the 1 spot in all 3 of its categories on Amazon
It s not every day that 4 years of nonstop work hinges on one moment
But today s one of those days
I ve dreamed of writing this email for many years and I can officially say it
You can now pre order Building a Second Brain
It was the fall of 2005 I was a 20 year old student at Saddleback Community College near my hometown in Orange County California
Over the previous year I had exhausted nearly all of my college savings by attending one of the most expensive universities in the country in faraway Washington D C
I can hardly believe it but my manuscript is officially in production and pre orders for my book Building a Second Brain BASB will open in just TWO WEEKS on Tuesday Nov 16
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As soon as cohort 12 of Building a Second Brain finished earlier this year, my team and I sat down to start designing the next cohort. We looked at everything: Feedback from students Ideas for improvements saved in our notes New apps and features that have been released And our long-term plans for making this…
We are officially launching cohort 13 of Building a Second Brain (BASB), our flagship online course on how to save your best ideas, organize your knowledge, and use it to lead a fulfilling life with more ease and less stress. We’ve spent the last 5 months making a new round of radical improvements to every…
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