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. The very knowledge that was supposed to set us free has instead led to the paralyzing stress …

7h 25min runtime; narrated by André Santana, 272 pages

English language

Published June 14, 2022 by Simon and Schuster Audio.

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ISBN:
978-1-7971-4387-3
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OCLC Number:
1330205449
Audible ASIN:
B09MGFGV3J
Subjects
  • Creative ability
  • Thought and thinking

Reviews

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Review for the book 'Building a Second Brain' by 'Tiago Forte'

First part is meant for people who are completely disorganized in their lives and it basically tells you to take notes. (Wow!)

Second part is about the PARA method. Sounds good, I might give it a try.

Later sections seem like filler material

The final section about "strong tagging system" is just one page that tells you to visit his website /bonuschapter where you are supposed to subscribe to the email - newsletter (haven't I already paid with €€€? Why do you want my data?) and then wait for an email that contains what should just be inside the book already.

Overall I would not recommend this book to friends 🤷🏽‍♂️

update: The email is a joke! 😂

This is the later part of the email:

"P.S. Since you purchased Building …

Disappointing

I chose this book because of its title, as I'm an avid user of Obsidian Notes & Obsidian refers to creating your second brain. Knowing that Forte wasn't discussing Obsidian as such, I was hoping to get some valuable ideas to apply to note-taking. Overall I was disappointed. But on the positive side, I did finish the book as much as I was tempted to call it quits.