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Ep. 279: Confronting Overload
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Simple Second Brain System
✨Key takeaways:
- Keep a simple second brain system.
- Use dedicated notebooks for different topics.
- Prioritize thinking over complex systems.
Keep track of ideas and information using a simple external system. Use dedicated notebooks for specific topics. Example: Cal Newport uses a Remarkable tablet with different notebooks for book ideas, articles, and business matters; for articles/books he uses Scrivener and puts all his research in there. Focus on thinking and generating ideas rather than overly complex systems. Complex systems with tagging and cross-connections don't significantly improve thinking for creative work. Prioritize thinking and intellectual work over relying on systems to automate idea generation.
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