The Second Brain - A Life-Changing Productivity System

Key Ideas...

  • Borrowed creativity - what we create is remixing things we learn
  • Capture habit - brain is for "having ideas" - not storing ideas.
  • Idea recycling - 12 favourite problems(?)
  • Project over Categories - Put ideas that you get into the 'Project' folder rather than the category the idea belongs to.
  • Slow Burn more important than Heavy Lift - Work on multiple projects - all on slow burner.
  • Start with Abundance - Don't start with a blank page. When starting a project, search for related information within your system
  • Intermediate Packets - Content blocks that you create for one article can be used in others.
  • You only know what you make - you make notes - that's all you know from what you consumed
  • Make it easier for your future self - notes should be self explanatory
  • Keep your ideas moving - don't focus on the details of the note taking implementation - write notes, connect notes
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Idea Capture Habit

Brain is for getting ideas - not keeping them. Have a fast access mechanism to immediately capture an idea whenever you have it. While in the shower or driving or whenever - if you have an idea, capture it outside your brain. From [[The S

Slow Burn Projects

If you have multiple open projects, they will all be on a 'slow burn'. After a while, you'll notice that there was progress in all of the projects even if you were not actively working on them. The opposite approach is the heavy lift - whe

Content Blocks

When creating content, blocks or parts of it can be used in other projects too. Keep re-usability in mind when creating content. The Second Brain - A Life-Changing Productivity System

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Published on: Jun 09, 2021

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