KM Brasil: Construindo um Segundo Cérebro [Portuguese]
I recently spoke at KM Brasil, a virtual conference in Brazil dedicated to the frontier of knowledge management. I presented in Portuguese, and you can watch the recording below:
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How to Be Productive Working from Home (Without Going Crazy)
Over the past 6 months as COVID has raged around the world, millions and millions of people have had to switch abruptly from working in an office, to working from home. Even if you had previous experience occasionally working remotely, you’ve probably noticed that doing it FULL-TIME is a completely different experience. You need a radically higher level of…
I’m speaking at Teachable’s “Share What You Know” Summit
It is June of 2016, and I’m sitting quietly at my computer in a trendy cafe in downtown Oakland, California. I’m gulping down a huge, over-sweetened chai latte and sweating profusely as I log in to my computer. I’m incredibly stressed out, and using the sugar as a coping mechanism. I’m sweating not because I’m working…
Video Series: Tiago Learns Roam
In this new video series, I walk you through my own learning process as I get to know Roam Research, the “note-taking tool for networked thought.” From creating my Roam account and opening the program for the first time, I’ll ask the stupid questions so you don’t have to, experiment with every feature through trial and…
Why I Organize Areas in PARA with a Taxonomy of Functional Areas
Note from Tiago: Timothy Kenny is the author of “Accelerated Learning for Entrepreneurs,” and is a top productivity instructor on Udemy with more than 87 productivity courses, 110,000+ students, and 5,000+ reviews. Watch our recent interview for a closer look at how our productivity systems can work together. By Timothy Kenny A student of mine recently enrolled in…
The 4 Levels of Personal Knowledge Management
In order to get where you’re going, you need to know where you came from. When it comes to learning, you need a way to measure your progress toward your goal. How will you know whether you learned it? How will you compare your performance before and after? What concretely will you be able to…
Second Brain Week: A Free Workshop Series from Top Experts and Creators
To celebrate the launch of the 11th edition of Building a Second Brain, we’re co-hosting the first ever Second Brain Week, a series of free events with 8 top creators and experts. Come join us to learn about digital note-taking, organizing, productivity, knowledge management, and online education, and how creating a system of knowledge management for yourself can…
The Ultimate Guide to Summarizing Books: How to Distill Ideas to Accelerate Your Learning
This guide is also available in Spanish. In 2016, I read 57 books. I read like I was running out of time. It felt like an achievement, yet by the end of the year, I could scarcely recall even one useful idea from each book. That moment was a turning point. I realized very little…
The 10 Biggest Changes We’re Making to Building a Second Brain
There is one guiding question for our team as we design the Building a Second Brain course: How can we make a course that is impossible to fail? So many courses make a big promise of everything you will do and achieve…as long as you perfectly complete every lesson and comply with every requirement. I remember taking these courses….
Introducing Forte Shelter
We are proud to announce Forte Shelter – turnkey, COVID-resistant dwellings and home offices made out of shipping containers and delivered straight to your door. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by-Ic4X1r3g&feature=youtu.be Forte Shelter is a home-building company based in Redlands, CA founded by my brother Lucas Forte. We are teaming up to produce ADUs as an elegant, affordable housing solution…
Interview with Kent Sisco of Speare
I recently interviewed Kent Sisco, the creator of a knowledge management app called Speare. It provides a flexible interface for capturing thoughts and ideas as building blocks that you can organize into a “visual thought library.” Here are some of the features we demonstrated and discussed: Find & Replace – Locate words and phrases and replace…
Introducing Building a Second Brain 11: Idea Inception
I recently rewatched Inception, the blockbuster film directed by Christopher Nolan. The film takes place in a world where “dream sharing” technology has been developed by the military for training purposes. By hooking a group of people up to a special device and putting them to sleep at the same time, a team of dream…
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- How to effectively take notes and organize information to enhance your learning
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- What personal growth looks like without mysticism and religion
- Project management and how it is evolving alongside new technology
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