Building a Second Brain with Tiago Forte

Great interview Ryder! I love how you asked the question and then just gave him the space to answer. You added when appropriate, but you just let him explain and I appreciate that. Thanks for sharing and I can't wait to start building my second brain!

Hundreds of years ago, this was called keeping a commonplace book - a personalised encyclopedia. Look it up. Greatly enjoying trying to work this system into using a bullet journal.

What a gift this interview is! The tone and rhythm is soothing and yet inspiring. The information is extremely thought provoking. I will be rewatching and chewing on this for a while. Thank you for the invitation to slow down and contemplate.

The BUJO, the second brain - it all makes perfect sense to me, at last I can hear just what I have needed for so long, awesome conversation

What Tiago is explaining on the artistic way of collecting data is right!! I already have images and notes stored in folders for their future use: ideas for this post, material for that course etc. In drawing it gets very granular: all smiles, all angry faces, all haircuts... all comic page layouts, different color palettes etc. Date and time is irrelevant, I have to sort, name and tag each file. But I don't have time to do it, and it remains all unnamed and unsearchable. After 20 years collecting material for my drawing activity, and for writing novels, my archive is huge. Unmanageable. And there are also mediaeval researches, because we are an historical town so brochures and some of my stories rely on exact information (Google is not the place to go, dates and facts have to be verified and cross-refer many documents) .This art archive is precious, I worked a lot on its creation, everything could be needed in the future because my job is to help in different projects, I don't know in advance what I will do, but they expect I am prepared and ready and skilled. . How can I make the giant archive easier to use? . With my brain fog and no short term memory, I can't remember what I did yesterday and I always feel like it was someone else to do the work. I am lost when I open my folders. And if I draw a mind map of the archive, then I will not recognize it later, nor understand it... It's a big challenge, very difficult but I will not give up. I only need a more detailed blueprint. (Or delete all? 😄)

This is like a breath of fresh air, something to take and run with, one note at a time. Thank you both for taking the time to share this!

Tiago forte is the prophet of our times! And Ryder Carol is the hermit.

Bullet Journaling has changed my life in a good way

Productivity in retirement is learning watercolor painting and junk journaling creation. Producing it is fun and is helping my anxiety.

Great interview 😊…I also thought it was interesting he shared his experience with Carbamazepine (Tegretol). My hubby has been on it for years, but he takes it for his epilepsy. He has no issues with his memory, or shares any of the symptoms Tiago shared, but it just goes to show that when it comes to medications and treatments…”One size fits all” does not apply….

Thank you to you both for this wonderful interview !

I love when people wear analog watches. There is something elegant about seeing the hands and how the metal interacts with the glass face. Smart watches will never have that sophisticated appearance.

Great interview. Thank you

This is just so good and a needed topic in our generation of mass information and obligations.

This collab 🔥

I just LOVED this interview so much! Inspiring and motivating!

Tiago is giving me Elon Musk kinda vibes, anyone else think that? That aside, this was an awesome interview; two guys totally on the same page about information storage and retrieval and ultimately productivity. Learning from the best! 🤩

Thank you! I really enjoyed this video and already started building my second brain in Evernote.

Brilliantly articulated, great reminders and further food for thought - thank you.

Great interview. Thanks for sharing, Tiago!