In today’s world, we are inundated daily with overwhelming information and data. While we may need some of this information later and sometimes take notes, we have no system to store the information in a way that we can trust to retrieve it exactly when we need it.
With “Second Brain,” productivity expert Tiago Forte presents a system for personal knowledge management (“PKM” for short) that allows us to reliably capture, organize and process ideas and notes digitally so that we can not only easily retrieve the information at any time, but also use it actively and creatively.
The author provides step-by-step instructions for building the “second brain.” He shows us precisely how we can use the CODE method (Capture, Organize, Distill, Express) and the PARA system (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive) to bring structure to our data in such a way that it is primarily organized according to usability, i.e., that we always have the information that we currently need quickly at hand.
And we don’t have to start from scratch – we also get a simple “migration guide” to transfer our current data set into a “second brain.”
The system works independently of any particular software. We can continue to work with what we are used to (although it doesn’t hurt to think outside the box – for this, the author provides an overview of numerous PKM tools on his website).
“Building a Second Brain” is a convenient and helpful guide to building a functional PKM system. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to regain and keep track of their digital information – and use it to its full potential.
By the way, the system combines well with David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” method.
🎧 Suitable as an audiobook? Yes.
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