Tiago Forte | Building a Second Brain | Talks at Google

Tiago Forte discusses his latest book "Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential", a revolutionary approach to enhancing productivity, creating flow, and vastly increasing your ability to capture, remember, and benefit from the unprecedented amount of information all around us.

For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There has never been a better time to learn, to contribute, and to improve ourselves. Yet, rather than feeling empowered, we are often left feeling overwhelmed by this constant influx of information. Now, this eye-opening and accessible guide shows how you can easily create your own personal system for knowledge management, otherwise known as a Second Brain. As a trusted and organized digital repository of your most valued ideas, notes, and creative work synced across all your devices and platforms, a Second Brain gives you the confidence to tackle your most important projects and ambitious goals.

Tiago Forte is the founder of Forte Labs and one of the world's foremost experts on productivity. He has taught thousands of people around the world how timeless principles and the latest technology can revolutionize their productivity, creativity, and personal effectiveness. Tiago has worked with organizations such as Genentech, Toyota Motor Corporation, and the Inter-American Development Bank and appeared in a variety of publications, such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Harvard Business Review.

Moderated by Charlene Wang.

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[TiagoForte]

Thank you for having me Google Talks! It was the experience of a lifetime

[eleiaaa]

I'm so happy this video was recommended to me. I research so much and have notes stored everywhere... I'm going to build a second brain! Also, Tiago is so well-spoken. You can tell that his mind is clear, perhaps because he uses this thorough note-taking technique.

[lukeMac]

Awesome talk. Have read Tiago's book but it doesn't go into his personal journey too deeply, so it was interesting to hear about it.

[arturites]

You can see how Tiago Forte is on fire for his cause. He is a very big inspiration for me.

[usmalami]

The old adage “ what you don’t write does not exist “ you best express it here. Thank you TIAGO.

[AndrejsBoka]

I personally use scrapbooks in construction, collecting ideas for work types, photographing materials and barcodes, recording dimensions and other data. but the idea of ​​full support in all areas is quite interesting. Thanks

[DF-ssep]

I have been doing this for years. If there's one tip I can give is: it's not a diary. Don't treat it as a diary. I've tried diaries and I can't keep up with them. Think of this as a book, or more precisely, a knowledge base. No note is set in stone, they can all be changed, moved, or deleted to fit a bigger picture.

[ericvanoppens]

It is great to see someone has written what software engineers are doing already a long time. By the way in M&E - (Media and Entertainment) they use the CODE already from in the mid of the last century - Camera (Capture) - ingesting - getting the content into the media asset management system in an organized manner and then it is edited (D) and broadcasted (Exposed). The para stuff is a good acronym for something software engineers do for almost more than 40 years. They work all on projects, area's, resources - in the beginning they stored it in directory structures and when the project was finished they archived it. It are the same software engineers that created the tools to facilitate this. And it is a good remark to say that software engineers are front-runners because they have to meta-think about the problems they have to solve. Personally I prefer the tool 'TheBrain' as it really can capture easily information of all different sources and can interlink idea's and information in a visual manner which all other tools can't.

[robynflynnlarge]

Thank you. I’ve watched many interviews with you and appreciate the personal story you shared.

[oursalvationisinunity]

Do not jump to conclusions - it is very important for everyone! In every country in the world there is an international social project that is growing. A CREATIVE SOCIETY! People of different nationalities and religions are coming together to build a just society. After all, we all want to live happily ever after! Let's unite!

[toodayy]

Thanks! This should be taught at schools.

[fanliu]

Thank you Tiago for this great presentation. Some of your thoughts are resonated with my personal experience. I tried to record my everyday thoughts before but didn't carry on. Your sharing will definitely motivate me to continue from where I left off.

[SouthGiant]

This interview is really something, and easy to understand, for English is my second language.

[umarjibril]

A very fantastic book can one have the e-version of the book.Congratulations Dr Forte!

[码仔]

Thanks for sharing your story and your knowledge. learned a lot.

[user___]

Wow I just started to read the book yesterday and found this.

[scrappegal]

How would you suggest to capture and organize f.ex course notes?

[samaitorres]

Thanks 🙏 so good 👍 teaching thanks again for sharing

[kenhmusicchanelhoangdung]

Một thế giới đẹp mãi mãi yêu thương hoang dung rất cảm động và biết ơn các vị, , tôi như đi lạc vào vòng tay yêu thương của Chúa, , trong sự tuyệt vọng nhất, , sẽ xuất hiện một phép màu yêu thương, ,

[JudgeFredd]

Didn’t Know your personal story…impressed.