How To Deal With Information Overwhelm - Tiago Forte

Tiago Forte is a productivity coach, Founder of Forte Labs and an author.
The world has far, far too much information in it. Humans don't do well when they are overwhelmed with incoming signals and yet we can't stop ourselves from wanting to acquire more, interesting insights. Thankfully Tiago has created one of the world's most popular systems to Capture, Organise, Distill and Express pretty much anything.
Expect to learn the most important apps Tiago uses to enhance his productivity, why everyone needs to go through an insane efficiency stage in life, how he's moving beyond pure productivity and into something more holistic, why read later apps can save your life, how to use the relationship between productivity and creativity and much more...
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00:00 Intro
01:47 How to Avoid Productivity Obsession
05:58 The Need for a Second Brain
15:06 What is a Commonplace Book?
23:36 The Relationship Between Productivity & Creativity
27:23 Become Effective at Capturing Information
40:22 Learn to Organise & Distill Information
45:28 Self-Expression is the Purpose for a Second Brain
56:13 Tiago’s 5 Most-Used Apps
1:00:47 Making Productivity Less of a Chore
1:03:18 Where to Find Tiago
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[@ChrisWillx]

Hello you beauties. Here’s the timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:47 How to Avoid Productivity Obsession 05:58 The Need for a Second Brain 15:06 What is a Commonplace Book? 23:36 The Relationship Between Productivity & Creativity 27:23 Become Effective at Capturing Information 40:22 Learn to Organise & Distill Information 45:28 Self-Expression is the Purpose for a Second Brain 56:13 Tiago’s 5 Most-Used Apps 1:00:47 Making Productivity Less of a Chore 1:03:18 Where to Find Tiago

[@tompuijpeNL]

I've actually experienced the burden of too much responsibility. I got close to burnout and rebalanced to what I am capable of.

[@carlitosvodka]

This is golden interview again @Chris Williamson

[@rwharrington87]

I've been awaiting the Elon interview for quite a while. Thanks for bringing it to fruition!

[@WilhelmPendragon]

Same, great to see Elon being a bit more comfortable with American English

[@neilhughescouk]

This started off strong then descended into two stoned people in the smoking area of a club

[@ThisAutomaton]

This guy's laugh is exactly like an anime villain who finally confronts the protagonist while sipping wine from a fine crystal glass.

[@WeartheGoodSocks]

39:07 You can *absolutely* take too much responsibility to the point where you are diminishing your own effectiveness. That was one of my mistakes this last year at work in my new leadership role as a leader among leaders. I was happy and willing to support the onboarding of other new departments, but after working 100 hours a week, for 9 straight months, I realized I had enabled an unhealthy dynamic where I was playing Savior while they played the Helpless Victim. I decided I could no longer fight to prevent a crisis of their own making, and letting the crisis unfold was their best teacher. I have cut my work hours in half, they are starting to do their jobs, and I enjoy the freedom of saying NO a lot more often. I'm still there to support and guide within reason - but I won't do their jobs for them anymore. Look up an illustration of "The Drama Triangle: Victim, Persecutor, Rescuer"

[@juptonstone]

I absolutely love your interviews. You have the best topics and you interview the most interesting and passionate people. Thank you for bringing so much new and critical information to us!

[@brianh2804]

1:01:33 I love this new take on productivity. The general consensus is that discipline always triumphs over motivation. But highly disciplined people can easily be taken advantaged of because they lack passion 24:12. I think that "discipline v. motivation" attitude can be confusing because most people aren't robots; we're very emotionally and spiritually driven. And with the right mindset, the work just does itself. You form your own routine, your own goals, rituals that resonate with you.

[@randomthings8057]

🙌🏻🙌🏻💜💜

[@80X20FitnessXFinance]

Excellent stuff. Thanks! Shift from column of consumption to creation in yout domain. Don’t know what your domain is? Create. Iterate. Don’t perfect. Perfection is the lazy way for delaying iteration of seeing what works.

[@filiprumenovski5227]

Off-brand Elon Musk 🤣

[@Smyrna37]

Exactly my thought, two minutes into the video

[@Clover_9777]

I was about to type this lol

[@m4anow]

😂

[@vladanr74]

And far better spoken 😂

[@RetreatHell]

@@vladanr74 true, but the autism that causes him to speak awkwardly is the same autism that made that fucker so brilliant. All about trade offs lol 😂

[@kianm2994]

Chris, first time hearing of you. Love your meaningful questions here. Very charismatic as well.

[@AlexBelVisuallyUnique]

That was a great episode. I could really relate from the opening statement of being a creative and productivity. Going to do more research on Tiago. Thanks Chris for putting this one together.

[@joan3891]

I consume too much. Omg, This is bringing much needed awareness to my current foibles.

[@anacarolinecarvalhosantos1869]

Great episode! Thank you both for the content shared! 😉

[@lucrativeleadershipconvers5149]

The mention of David Allen reminds me of a statement he made on a Stoia podcast. I took that his objective in putting his process out into the world wasn't efficiency, it was to help people overcome ambient anxiety to become happier.

[@DeadManVlog]

My favourite type of content. 👏👏

[@FaithlessFlight]

“Perfectionism is a nice way to hide from shipping at a pace necessary that allows you to find what works.” - 12:40

[@JonathanLoganPDX]

Great info and insights!!

[@brandonzhang5808]

21:30 Gentle reminder that the Film Actors Guild is the parody of the Screen Actors Guild from the movie Team America. You can tell them apart quickly by spelling out the acronym.

[@banbangu]

Life as convergent, reallity as fractal♥️

[@laurawenrickvinovin]

“I only read about the far fiction or about the far past” Wow😂!!! Me too! And I always thought 💭 ‘what’s wrong with me?’ Thanks for the great podcast once again!!!

[@irismuddyhehe]

Loved this conversation thank you for sharing!! very meta haha

[@RabbiGlick]

Chris, I don’t think your combination of views on personal sovereignty and agency together with the overwhelming influence of fate / karma on determining our outcomes is a ‘cope’ at all; I’m pretty sure you’re spot on. We see a similar phenomenon all the way down at the level of our genes. The vast majority of our genomes are identical, the genomic variations between us are in a relatively minuscule number of base pairs. So it is simultaneously true that the overwhelming majority of the genetic code that makes us who we are is identical across the entire species, and also that the variability in those extremely few (relatively) base pairs result in truly extraordinary phenotypic variation from individual to individual. This phenomenon plays out anatomically, physiologically, and psychologically. The vast majority of our anatomy and physiology is extremely consistent across the entire population of healthy people, the fundamentals of who we are are what they are simply by virtue of us being members of the Homo sapiens species. At the same time it is also true that the anatomical and physiological variations between us, as small as they are in the scheme of things, result in tremendous real world differences between us despite how similar we are in the vast majority of our fundamental characteristics. Psychologically also, so much of our “stuff” is actually very consistent across the population and actually quite predictable. If we were as fundamentally different as it may intuitively seem that we are, psychology and psychiatry would be a complete waste of time, and they are not. By a long stretch. At the same time it is also true that we are extraordinarily unique as individuals. The differences between individuals that are empirically very small in the scheme of things are profound in their experiential impact, making the practices of psychology and psychiatry so complex and nuanced despite how similar we are fundamentally. Bringing that all back, it makes perfect sense (IMHO) that technically the overwhelming majority of our experience IS just the ‘naturally determined’ (?) outcome of our genes, circumstances, and experiences, but phenomena like personal sovereignty and agency that are an empirically very small part of the picture have outsized impact in terms of what we ultimately experience.

[@bithisarker7691]

Wonderful

[@krumpliii]

Ok. I did it all. My life is perfect. Do you have any methods how to deal with emptiness?

[@FinenDine]

You may not like the answer but that's what happened to me...I am going to church

[@kingdavid6125]

find Jesus🙇🏾‍♂️

[@jdtx2004]

When this happens to me I look outward toward connection, usually through volunteering.

[@manumendelberg4974]

Awesome

[@michaelgelunas1113]

I have that feeling like there's a destiny to life too, but for me, it's more like a responsibility or a duty.

[@19cornholio90]

Great episode! You should interview author Mark Lynas, an ex-greenpeace activist who is now an advocate for GM foods, would be a great conversation.

[@Happyheretic2308]

Know thine enemy, certainly. Not someone to admire.

[@glaciercherry446]

The best thing for me while sorting through important information is to not take anyone's word for it. If someone said the moon is white because of .... I'd rather investigate that on my own. Leaving more room for any missed data.

[@randomthings8057]

32:55 damn I’m 19 and I can relate to this a lot

[@jamewakk]

Already found my 10

[@eaf888]

LUV U

[@HarryJoiner]

35:13 - powerful

[@Salamaleikum80]

When you order Elon Musk on wish

[@CyrasR]

'Minimalist phone' app is a saving grace if you struggle with the over-usage of your phone. It no longer makes everything so intuitive and habitual, I recommend

[@D.Ark-0]

His resemblance to Elon Musk is so scary

[@edwinfalkner]

I think we should use a new lense to look through, like the scientific method. What is there in every situation? Movement/action, emotions, thoughts. But if I am aware of those 3 apects of life, what do I do with it? I think we all need to understand, that emotion's are always the key factor in Relation to thoughts and actions Every factor is interconnected with each other and influences each of them but emotions are the base of it. And because everything is oscillating we should focus on what can change the most and influence our behavior the most. I believe If you are able to identify your emotions, accept them, refraim them and then deal with them, then you will achieve all those other things way easier. Different emotional states = different thoughts = different actions Better emotional state = better thinking = better actions = better emotions ...

[@OliverHinz]

I missed this one...

[@2410manchester]

One of the most important factors that allowed western capitalism to defeat communist central planning is that the communists specifically the soviets could produce/churn out widgets but they couldn’t innovate like the west with no competition or incentive to work harder.

[@jacob2236]

Is this guy telling me to learn to code? 👌

[@tensevo]

Learn to CODE! brings a whole new perspective on that

[@DewaldtdeKlerk]

The chair I use most is in my car.

[@jamesjovil2122]

I'm no longer waiting for GRANT LOAN because I earn $29,700 every 10 days recently

[@Fredrich342]

Same here lol,My previous profit withdrawal investing with Mr George Moriz was over $18200 and it's still counting high

[@floresdave9439]

Same here although got some help anyway, still new on all this but am happy am in

[@eastwooddaniel4362]

@Ainstein Gilbert I have heard a lots about investments with Mr George Moriz and how good he is, please how safe were the profits

[@emilymartha8030]

Wow I can't believe you guys are discussing about Mr George Moriz he is now currently managing my account I just made my second withdrawal trading with him. I can't wait another two weeks to cashout again.

[@successbooth8346]

I think I am blessed because I couldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as expert Mr George Moriz, I've made a lot of profits in the past few days

[@JKA-TML]

From the thumbnail, I thought it was a bad deepfake of Elon Musk.

[@KelkohTV]

Great content. Just shows stunt doubles have something to say as well.

[@jamesthomson6133]

Oh fuck🤣🤣 i literally googled him to find out if he is a stunt double. Ok I got it

[@princeamu]

man i have so many notebooks and notes in my iphone. My problem is i never go back to check. that part is so hard for me. gotta. work on it

[@ashleyharris693]

Another of AI ash bots favorites

[@glenhoddinott3799]

Uncanny Valley Elon

[@randomthings8057]

We all have 2 brains, however our heart and our gut is just another or works just like a brain

[@derptothemaxclearly]

@13:52 Sheer F*cking Hubris

[@randomthings8057]

16:00

[@501Labs]

Robert Pattinson and Elon Musk had a love child

[@randomthings8057]

I thought he would’ve said more self development books

[@randomthings8057]

Pretty much every self development book is a commonplace book

[@lukeblackblue]

the guy looks like Elon Musk 😂

[@randomthings8057]

Yeah I’m not too keen on technology however I will use to my advantage aswell ass writing lyrics and ideas down however I would rather see a pad and pencil/pen

[@theemclane4037]

I think I have seen him somewhere

[@princeamu]

Elons Junior Brother

[@ne14truth]

Past and future only create anxiety and depression.

[@randomthings8057]

Is he owner of Evernote ?

[@501Labs]

Great Value Elon Musk

[@confetticow]

his laughs are creepy. also, one of elon's unaccounted for children?

[@markhealth3386]

OMG Is this guy related to Elon Musk? stunning resemblance!

[@LithiumLogica]

Be careful about depending on google for anything. If there's anything that is simply factual that for whatever reason becomes politically charged, they will and have gone back to rewrite history and facts and changed the definitions of words, etc. Use them for the here and now, if you must, but don't depend on them if you can avoid it. At least attempt to diversify your resources.

[@glenben92]

This guy looks far more like elon musks brother than kimbal 😂

[@Adventure-of-your-Life]

Is this Elon musk's brother

[@mrk12484]

ELON MUSK?

[@GavinCee]

When you buy Elon Musk on Wish

[@edwinbomela4188]

144p Elon Musk

[@gaijinyade]

Elon Methsk? No... Muskon Meth

[@tompuijpeNL]

No! I am a productive Gen Z'er!!! 27:30

[@manusha1349]

Your podcasts are great Chris, rate your content in the top 3 (Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson and you) .... love that you give your guests the floor and don't talk over them or chip in unnecessarily. This wasn't my favourite though .... meh 😕

[@PaulKHeld]

When you order Elon Musk from Wish

[@nathanfaucett33]

Is this a deepfake of Elon Musk?

[@Smyrna37]

I commented on the audio sync being off and they deleted my comment. On that note I agree, deep fake

[@randomthings8057]

Divergence and convergence is a complete different definition to exploit 😂not the same thing or meaning

[@TheQciap]

Ragtag

[@drjoshcogoi]

Here me out… if Elon had a brother

[@mynameisjeff9124]

He looks like the asian version of Elon Musk

[@Smyrna37]

This comment is so underated

[@adamashton6742]

Get out of here that’s an Elon deepfake

[@George-vf7ss]

Turn off the news, and go outside.

[@mikeeeeee555]

Who brought discount rack Elon musk?

[@theroamingsavage8813]

They got him at Ross Dress for Less

[@IMPARTIAL92]

his face looks fake?

[@GlobalMiles]

Who ARE these people, and why do they look like test-tube aliens.

[@Smyrna37]

I commented on this video about half an hour after the video upload. Low and behold the comment I commented on has been deleted. Funny 😁 So he said that this dudes face was disturbing and maybe HD video should be banned. I commented that maybe that was because his facial expressions were out of sync with the audio, making him harder to read! Both comments deleted! So on this note I'm unsubscribing, because either this is a weird deep fake, or the channel can't take constructive criticism. Either way I'm disappointed.

[@qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq3216]

Maybe the original commentor deleted his comment

[@derzerbg]

This dude looks like a bad rendition of Elon Musk no cap fr fr

[@hollywooda111]

This guy looks like a Deepfaked Elon Musk!

[@filoreykjavik]

learn correct English pronunciation Chris, you say e.g. "oonproductive" instead "unproductive" or "stooff" instead of "stuff"

[@aaronsosnoski1017]

He looks cgi.