How to Organise your Life - Building a Second Brain

One of the most annoying problems I face in my life is information overwhelm. I read all these books, listen to podcasts and watch YouTube videos and don't feel like I'm taking anything away from what I'm consuming. That is until I came across the concept of the second brain what we'll be discussing in this episode of 'Book Club' with Tiago Forte's 'Building a Second Brain'.

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00:00 Intro
00:39 What is a Second Brain and why should you have one?
04:55 C (Capture)
08:38 O (Organise)
11:13 D (Distill)
11:52 E (Express)
13:16 How my Second Brain has helped me

[TiagoForte]

This is one of the very best recaps of the Building a Second Brain method Ali. Fantastic job to you and your team 🙌 It was so much fun collaborating together and I hope we do it again!

[DariusTan]

To summarize the CODE for building the 2nd brain:
C - Capture: use note-taking apps or picture to store information.
O - Organise: ask "Where will I use this information?"
D - Distill: progressive summarization
E - Express: show your work

[andreamerinsky]

" So I read all these books and get overloaded with information " and to fix this I'll read another book about reading to many books and getting overloaded with information. Haha 10/10

[annalee]

omg this entire time I thought second brain was some super fancy productivity technique that no one would explain to me, but this is literally my journal. I used it in the exact way you described when I was writing my college essays, too. Thank you so much for this video your channel is amazing

[frustratedmel]

Now this is my favourite video! I have been struggling a lot when it comes to handling multiple projects. Thanks Ali!! You really answered a lot of my questions today!!

[rufuslynks]

I'm an old man now, but I"ve keep notes from everything I"ve read since just after high school. In college I took a look at my high school notes and realized I had trouble reading my own handwriting. So I retyped all my notes. At the end of each college semester I started going through my notes for each class, boiling them down what seemed useful (or forgetable) and typed those as well. It wasn't until later in college that I realized I could not use many of my notes in papers because I did not collect where it came from for a citation, and fixed that for the future. I still have my original little notebook, which became 3 little 3-ring binders. I switched to composition notebooks where I captured notes, and later maybe 3-4 times per notebook I would type of the notes I wanted added to my digital collection. When I learned how to use Google Drive and Docs, I decided to share my notes with my peers and still to this day offer that link freely. Funny though, few have offered to share their collected knowledge. I suspect I will continue doing this until the very end.

I look forward to Tiago's book, and enjoy your videos. If I don't seem to find a nugget in each one, it's pretty close to a 1:1 ratio. Great presentations. The topics have substance. The tempo is good, also I too often speed up what I listen to unless I"m focussed on taking notes. Thank you, and keep it up.

[graceanderson]

I would love to see a "day in the life" style video but from the perspective of how you go about using all these incredible systems like the second brain, reading, learning new information, etc.

[connie]

The points you make in your videos are so clear and easy to interpret. The layout is so clean and nice on the eyes. I look forward to every video and this one was especially helpful to me. Thank you Ali! 🌱

[growing.]

The quality of his video keep getting better and better. His shirt, his water bottle, his poster etc. are color matching. what an amazing work.

[prideuniverse]

This video is very helpful for me. I want to read the book "Building the second brain" for long time. Now, after watching your video I realized that I had built the second brain during my university life but its not digital. I had store all the knowledge in the form of notes that if I get through them it will really help to memorize it again. But now I need to organize them digitally so it could be accessible for me anytime.

[davidmizak]

You deliver excellent content to your audience. It's very interesting material. All of your effort put into creating this video is much appreciated. I'm truly grateful for your help!

[AlfieSheard]

Ali! This video couldn't have come at a better time. I have SO many song ideas, tasks, schedules etc ... I just end up getting overwhelmed - Definitely going to give this a try! Thanks mate :)

[yashtrivedi]

I am eagerly waiting for Ali's first TED Talk. It would be amazing...! I wonder what topic he will speak on.

[irim]

Thank you !!!Its exactly what I needed ❤

[dianaanaid]

It's nice to see how ideas that you get thanks to different inner processes are captured and shared by other people different than you with different backgrounds and context. Today I discovered that spontaneously I have created my own second brain exactly as it is said here without any external inspiration. Awesome how ideas work!

[ireneanibogwu]

Seriously man I always get some gems out of your videos. Been a subscriber for a while and your content never fails. Thanks Ali

[FeliciaJagger]

Well explained. Thank you for bringing up this video. Financial education is indeed required for more than 70% of the society in the country as very few are literate on the subject Thanks to Gianna Everett the lady you

[Lifewithnomhle]

Your book club series is life changing, big fan from South Africa 💜

[MisterTonton]

Without any notions, it is what I was unconsuiously building for myself. Thank you for improving my structure.

[aforanushka]

Video ideas:
1. Books for those who don't read
2. How to calm self before sleep
3. Podcasts for beginners
4. How to make notes + apps
5. Things students should use