How can we retain the value of the content we consume from all the various inputs in our lives in a structured way? How do we tie together all the unclosed loops in our mind? 

This episode we get stuck into Tiago Forte's 'Building a Second Brain'. Forte encourages us to create a system outside of our (first) brain to organise, preserve and recall information in a meaningful way. We look at his CODE System and PARA Method alongside ideas about how we organise our lives in an increasingly digital world.  

Hope you enjoy. 

Will & Luke 

• 00:00 Introductions 
• 6:00 Purpose of Building a Second Brain 
• 9:00 The CODE System (Capture, Organise, Distill, Express) 
• 13:55 Capturing (Inspiring, Useful, Easily Lost and Personal) 
• 23:45 PARA Method (Projects, Areas, Resources and Archives) 
• 31:00 Not software specific (Being versatile) 
• 34:10 Categories must be personal 
• 35:10 Archives 38:00 Weekly review (Email, Calendar, Desktop, Notes, Tasks) 
• 43:25 Wide view on switch from paper to digital 50:30 Distilling (and progressive summarisation) 
• 54:28 Express (doesn't have to be done to express) 
• 55:55 Key take-aways (Starting with abundance) (Capturing your passions)  

References:  

Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain Blog Posts: 

• Building a Second Brain Overview: https://fortelabs.co/blog/basboverview/
• PARA Method: https://fortelabs.co/blog/para/
• Weekly Review: https://fortelabs.co/blog/the-one-touch-guide-to-doing-a-weekly-review/  

Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/46BdDKMSBxYXKpjSoYtP2X  

Schools Sucks Project Podcast on Building a Second Brain:

• https://schoolsucksproject.com/706-building-a-second-brain-part-1-of-2-podcast-706/
• https://schoolsucksproject.com/buildingasecondbrain2/

David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD): https://gettingthingsdone.com/

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