If I'm looking at all this in my second brain, say I have a really well-organized note-taking system and I've had all these various flights of fancy and historical references. Then what I might do is sift through this box, go through my second brain and say, well, that one doesn't really apply or that one's useless but this one could work. And so the second brain is sort of this space in which I can play with the items and reduce it to a more usable set of ideas or notes. Exactly. You need it all in one place. For me, that's I advise people to create a project folder, just one single place where all material
Today’s lesson: “Before you shut off new sources of information and converge on an end result, take time to diverge. Expand your horizons, expose yourself to diverse influences, and collect anything that resonates with you.”
Tiago Forte is the author of “Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential.”