This is an interview and case study with Addison Shockley, a Phd in Communication Studies with an emphasis in Rhetoric. He has developed a customized workflow to use with his second brain that allows him to precisely track citations for writing academic articles, including multi-colored progressive summarization (red for arguments/debates, blue for external significance, black…
This is a conversation with Allison Andrade, an undergraduate student at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was one of several cohorts of students taught to use Progressive Summarization by a professor, Wes Daniels (who has written about that experience here). In this wide-ranging conversation we talk about: My background in religion and how…
I recently interviewed Federico Gonzalez, an Argentinian educator in Buenos Aires, about his experience teaching some of the methods from my Building a Second Brain course to three groups he works with in Argentina. The first group is sixth-year students at Escuela Técnica del Gran Bs As in the La Matanza municipality of Buenos Aires. They…
This is a presentation and Q&A with Julia Beauchamp, a public speaking coach I recently worked with for an important speaking gig. Her company, Speak to Inspire, specializes in working with entrepreneurs, experts, and leaders who have mastered their craft, but are looking for ways to more effectively communicate their message in a powerful way…
I recently interviewed Weihaur Lau of Created Living, a health and wellness-based coaching program for leaders. Weihaur’s coaching business focuses on helping leaders bring balance and health to their lives. More specifically, he works with a team of coaches and practitioners to help you understand the coping mechanisms you’ve developed to make it through life,…
I recently recorded an interview with Austin Brawner and Andrew Foxwell of Ecommerce Influencers, in which we talked about how capturing and saving knowledge can enhance everything from employee onboarding to marketing to gaining perspective on life. Listen below or click here for show notes and a full transcript:
The MESA Method is full of firmly held beliefs and sharp distinctions To understand why they re so important you have to understand where they came from I recently sat down with Bárbara Soalheiro the founder and CEO of MESA Co and Lígia Giatti her number 2 to try and understand the origins of this
Listen to my recent interview on the Portfolio Career podcast, where we talk about my Full-Stack Freelancer Model and the emerging trend of people creating portfolios of multiple income streams, instead of a single monolithic job: Here’s the episode from the podcast website: EPISODE SUMMARY This conversation is with Tiago Forte. Tiago is a thought…
I interviewed the founders of Readwise, Tristan Homsi and Daniel Doyon, for the October Praxis Town Hall last week. Readwise is a service that’s popular with Praxis readers, allowing you to get more out of what you read by emailing you excerpts you’ve highlighted on Kindle, iBooks, Instapaper, and Highly. By reminding you periodically about the best ideas…
I recently did my first interview in Portuguese, for the Growthcast podcast hosted by Max Peters. We talk about productivity, knowledge management, and then get pretty deep into personal growth as a path to personal effectiveness. See a summary here, or listen below:
I recently sat down with Andrew Gorham for an interview and case study of progressive summarization, a method of summarizing notes in a form that is easily discoverable in the future. It is one of three techniques I teach in our online course Building a Second Brain. Andrew works for BMNT, an innovation consultancy that…
I recently sat down to talk to Khe Hy on his podcast, Rad Awakenings. I was his first guest when he started last year, and I was honored to close out the first season with episode #52. We talk about how with new multi-billion dollar industries being created each year, there are countless opportunities to…
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