How Can the Internet Help Us Deal With Information Overload?

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The amount of information consumption that the average person takes in on an average day is like five times what it was in 1986, a fivefold increase. You can't abstain from the internet and technology, but there's a way where you can be on the internet in the chaos, in the storm of information,. Get that information and just instead of taking it in through your eyeballs into your brain, you just redirect it.

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Tiago Forte about "Building a Second Brain," including how it enhances productivity, improves creativity, helps manage information overload, and much more!

Tiago Forte is the Creator of Building a Second Brain, Founder at Forte Labs where he helps people improve their productivity using the principles, techniques, and tools of design thinking.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

0:00 - Intro

02:38 - What “Building a Second Brain” is and how it can help us be more productive, and creative to improve our informational life.

11:40 - How to use your Second Brain to deal with information overload.

20:17 - How to improve productivity by prioritizing tasks in the most efficient way.

23:26 - Tiago’s approach to making and tackling a to-do list in the most productive way.

29:43 - What are some common pitfalls he sees individuals make that hold them back from reaching their goals?

39:18 - The difference between having a goal vs a project.

41:04 - How Building a Second Brain can help us become better investors.

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