Tiago Forte | Building a Second Brain | Talks at Google

Tiago Forte discusses his latest book "Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential", a revolutionary approach to enhancing productivity, creating flow, and vastly increasing your ability to capture, remember, and benefit from the unprecedented amount of information all around us.
For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There has never been a better time to learn, to contribute, and to improve ourselves. Yet, rather than feeling empowered, we are often left feeling overwhelmed by this constant influx of information. Now, this eye-opening and accessible guide shows how you can easily create your own personal system for knowledge management, otherwise known as a Second Brain. As a trusted and organized digital repository of your most valued ideas, notes, and creative work synced across all your devices and platforms, a Second Brain gives you the confidence to tackle your most important projects and ambitious goals.
Get the book here: goo.gle/3Avy0NJ.
Tiago Forte is the founder of Forte Labs and one of the world's foremost experts on productivity. He has taught thousands of people around the world how timeless principles and the latest technology can revolutionize their productivity, creativity, and personal effectiveness. Tiago has worked with organizations such as Genentech, Toyota Motor Corporation, and the Inter-American Development Bank and appeared in a variety of publications, such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Harvard Business Review.
For more information on Tiago and Forte Labs, please visit fortelabs.co/.
Moderated by Charlene Wang.
#talksatgoogle #productivity #unlockpotential

[@TiagoForte]

Thank you for having me Google Talks! It was the experience of a lifetime

[@livingos3405]

It's our honor to interview you :)

[@kevando_gg]

tiago, learning your story changed my perception about this term “second brain.”

[@SpareKingdom]

Hey Tiago, I have issues with short term memory as well. The sensation of diminishment as time rolls forward gets heavier and heavier and, frankly, really bums me out. Your story really spoke to me. I see a glimmer of hope! Definitely gonna give SB a chance. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@ReubenNathaniel]

legend :)

[@hanyelfouly3063]

I have been following your work for years now but this is the first time I heard the back story of it. I hope that you no longer have any kind of pain. Very inspiring story aside from your brilliant approaches and frameworks. Thanks for continuously sharing your knowledge

[@eleiaaa]

I'm so happy this video was recommended to me. I research so much and have notes stored everywhere... I'm going to build a second brain! Also, Tiago is so well-spoken. You can tell that his mind is clear, perhaps because he uses this thorough note-taking technique.

[@ramiboy_y2049]

He gets a lot of fluency thanks to his 2nd brain.

[@sandybayes]

I can sure identify with you! I take copious notes at times that I end up tossing even though at the time I felt that I was learning so much. I guess for awhile I was more of a hoarder of my notes.

[@arturites]

You can see how Tiago Forte is on fire for his cause. He is a very big inspiration for me.

[@lukeMac]

Awesome talk. Have read Tiago's book but it doesn't go into his personal journey too deeply, so it was interesting to hear about it.

[@AndrejsBoka]

I personally use scrapbooks in construction, collecting ideas for work types, photographing materials and barcodes, recording dimensions and other data. but the idea of ​​full support in all areas is quite interesting. Thanks

[@usmalami]

The old adage “ what you don’t write does not exist “ you best express it here. Thank you TIAGO.

[@ericvanoppens3179]

It is great to see someone has written what software engineers are doing already a long time. By the way in M&E - (Media and Entertainment) they use the CODE already from in the mid of the last century - Camera (Capture) - ingesting - getting the content into the media asset management system in an organized manner and then it is edited (D) and broadcasted (Exposed). The para stuff is a good acronym for something software engineers do for almost more than 40 years. They work all on projects, area's, resources - in the beginning they stored it in directory structures and when the project was finished they archived it. It are the same software engineers that created the tools to facilitate this. And it is a good remark to say that software engineers are front-runners because they have to meta-think about the problems they have to solve. Personally I prefer the tool 'TheBrain' as it really can capture easily information of all different sources and can interlink idea's and information in a visual manner which all other tools can't.

[@DF-ss5ep]

I have been doing this for years. If there's one tip I can give is: it's not a diary. Don't treat it as a diary. I've tried diaries and I can't keep up with them. Think of this as a book, or more precisely, a knowledge base. No note is set in stone, they can all be changed, moved, or deleted to fit a bigger picture.

[@toodayy38]

Thanks! This should be taught at schools.

[@robynflynnlarge4672]

Thank you. I’ve watched many interviews with you and appreciate the personal story you shared.

[@fanliu2223]

Thank you Tiago for this great presentation. Some of your thoughts are resonated with my personal experience. I tried to record my everyday thoughts before but didn't carry on. Your sharing will definitely motivate me to continue from where I left off.

[@maskedtitan6372]

It had been a month how is it going?

[@oursalvationisinunity6224]

Do not jump to conclusions - it is very important for everyone! In every country in the world there is an international social project that is growing. A CREATIVE SOCIETY! People of different nationalities and religions are coming together to build a just society. After all, we all want to live happily ever after! Let's unite!

[@bertimus7031]

Too Crazy

[@tarassulyk3105]

@@bertimus7031 he's just a communist lol

[@SouthGiant]

This interview is really something, and easy to understand, for English is my second language.

[@sessionmemory]

SO GOOD! Thank you, Tiago.

[@umarjibril8376]

A very fantastic book can one have the e-version of the book.Congratulations Dr Forte!

[@scrappegal]

How would you suggest to capture and organize f.ex course notes?

[@user___01]

Wow I just started to read the book yesterday and found this.

[@invictuz4803]

KZbin algorithm mate, they know exactly what you're reading.

[@Heartford]

Thank You, wonderful talk

[@码仔]

Thanks for sharing your story and your knowledge. learned a lot.

[@samaitorres2038]

Thanks 🙏 so good 👍 teaching thanks again for sharing

[@sergeys6513]

Migrated from Evernote to IDE + Git, never regretted :-)

[@ihzonaid]

Aha, I see. A coder one

[@jennythomasmathew]

What is ide?

[@sergeys6513]

​@@jennythomasmathew Integrated Development Environment. The app for writing code and doing things with it. The features I mostly use for notes are: Git Markdown format support (collapsing, highlighting, table of contents), text search, directory tree navigation. Obsidian note-taking app also uses this format, supports these features and stores the content in Git.

[@mvip4927]

Still working as of today! Thank you!

[@mucomplex9115]

I just bought tiago forte book

[@JudgeFredd]

Didn’t Know your personal story…impressed.

[@kenhmusicchanelhoangdung4120]

Một thế giới đẹp mãi mãi yêu thương hoang dung rất cảm động và biết ơn các vị, , tôi như đi lạc vào vòng tay yêu thương của Chúa,, trong sự tuyệt vọng nhất,, sẽ xuất hiện một phép màu yêu thương,,

[@ciscoponch67]

Zettelkasten is a german word which translates to 'note box'. The definition explains what material to work with and the filing system used. Let's break it down into its parts: A 'zettel' is a slip or note of paper.

[@NostraDavid2]

I'm a fan of Niklas Luhmann's note taking system, even though I do it digitally, instead of analogue. I don't use any of the usual note-taking software, as I don't like the dependency - they'll end up changing something I don't like, which is what Evernote did, so I just use vscode with the FOAM extension (if that ever breaks then I still have my notes as they were) for backlinking and showing a graph of my notes. I do use his naming system, so my notes end up like "a2c2.md", not ordered by the regular title, like with a second brain, because files are always "ordered".

[@bonob0123]

caebemazepine is a pretty routine, well-known old medication used for neuropathic pain (like trigeminal neuralgia) and focal seizures (only rarely for schizophrenia or bipolar where other meds are used more commonly). It is NOT an off switch for your CNS, most people tolerate it without side-effects and live their lives, of course rare side effects like effects on memory in case of the speaker are possible but lets not tarnish a useful medication by making it sound scary and dramatic.

[@yonayehezkel3150]

We need to understand that being at the top of the pyramid of creation means that everything we do trickles down the structure, from top to bottom. When it reaches the bottom, the inanimate level of reality, from which everything grows, it changes it. If we ooze ill-will, it creates negative changes throughout the system, which manifest in increasingly extreme climatic and geological events. In other words, when human relationships go out of balance, everything goes out of balance. When our relations become extreme, everything becomes extreme; when we become violent, everything becomes violent. Each summer, the ramifications of the linkage between our relations and our world become more extreme, until we acknowledge that everything that exists, exists in a connected, hierarchical system and that whoever is at the top determines the state of the rest of the system. It is not as if previously, we were better people than we are today. It is simply that there were fewer people, and therefore fewer elements that exude ill will. Also, relationships between people in the past were less toxic than they are today. While there are fewer wars today than ever, the levels of suspicion and alienation between people are skyrocketing, to the point where people can no longer trust their own family members. As a result, wars between countries are rarer than ever, but divorce rates, domestic violence, and violence in the community, are at an all-time high. Even the internet, which we invented purportedly in order to connect people, is being used to abuse, deceive, and exploit people. The world-wide-web proves that everything we create, we use against others. When there is such a negative element in a system, and that element is at the top of the system, how can the entire system not go awry? Therefore, if we want the weather to cool, the sea-level to drop, and the storms to subside, we must cool the fire and calm the storms between us. Mutual concern, mutual responsibility, or at least the knowledge that we are dependent on each other, are necessary in order to restore balance in our world at all levels, from the ground we walk on to the hatred in our hearts .

[@JTDIYM]

What are you taking? I want it

[@PranjalJain92]

@tiago - what if you do not have access to Evernote when you in a meeting, then how would you capture the notes at that point and how do you make sure that note is transferred to the Evernote?

[@bryanprince8184]

I also use an A5 Supernote (digital notebook) during meetings which uploads notes to Dropbox and then I drag into Evernote. If you use real paper then you can take a picture of the meeting notes and then pull that image into Evernote. The only problem with the image is that Evernote cannot do a search for a keyword or Tag. My advice is to move to a digital note take system while sitting in a meeting, whether that is microsoft word or apple notes (which I use in the gym to track workouts) or anything other than paper. It took me awhile but I eventually phased paper out of my life for note taking.

[@NostraDavid2]

I would email myself with the note and a reminder to incorporate it.

[@Wingedmagician]

A. Mazing! Thank you!

[@joincoder]

Awesome I really appreciate your answer in my mind

[@alexmartian3972]

11:30 "part of the brain that maps boundaries of the body extended" something. Do not sound as true. Anybody knows what study does he refer to? I was not able to find such effect via google.

[@JasonBauman]

I found "Gray and white matter changes associated with tool-use learning in macaque monkeys" but am not in that field so I can't parse if it's exactly what he's talking about.

[@theadminangel2020]

😂😂😂 I’m surprised to learn that my obsession with filing & digitising my life & my business is actually “my second brain” 😮.

[@lifeisnotstatic2448]

Hola! Thanks you Professor for This.🙏🏼

[@groovyhighway]

Simply put : a 'Digital Diary'.

[@blackpirate8748]

It is more than a diary, you can call it a database tho.

[@wajeehashah7103]

Digital diary Database 🤣👍

[@boringmanager9559]

How many times did he reinvent extended cognition? 😅

[@julkar__reels]

I was not a notetaker and then watched this and this made me one

[@neilgilbertdejucos1303]

This guy just pertains to external storage and information retrieval. The term Notes should be the official record of info therefore you may use the term Pre-Notes for raw and unofficial record of info. Pre Notes > Notes > Subfolder > Folder > File Shelf

[@teeI0ck]

full support

[@saliksayyar9793]

Carbamazepine is used for seizures and pain, not schizophrenia. It can induce drowsiness.

[@navneetsmaini]

@56:10 👏👏

[@lifeisnotstatic2448]

Right Professor🙏

[@haruki5401]

he is from Portugal?

[@Felipe-zw4bn]

Brazil

[@haruki5401]

@@Felipe-zw4bn Obrigado Felipe

[@nomvonglismerced4311]

Guarantee of access to tool

[@nomvonglismerced4311]

nobody can stop me from using my mind...etools can be stopped. imagine an emp also impacting human capacity

[@nomvonglismerced4311]

like CCP book burning

[@bonob0123]

i found this a bit self-promoting of the speakers app and approach without imparting general knowledge or strategies

[@reakal7740]

Thanks

[@ainotebook_app]

We are building a Second Brain App for college students.

[@prc6075]

Bottom line is get organized. Too much information will destroy your brain. One thing at a time. Slow down...yes slow down every day. open one tab at time. I use notion to take notes.

[@smeshnoymatvey2054]

Digital Note taking apps cause Information overload. I am surprised they are sold as solution to Information load problem.

[@WijLoc]

it's about how you use digital note taking, not about what they are

[@madwhitehatter]

Wow. My meds did the same thing.

[@break415]

關於組織[記事本區域]：19:55 PARA：50:44

[@princeamu]

Would Having a brain implant be dangerous?! Giving companies and government access to deeper thoughts of people. I mean the iPhone or smart phone rather can give you a little access to peoples habits and behavior but direct access (depending on how those chips work) might not be safe.

[@jamesmartinique9045]

*Mrs Charlotte is legit and her method works like magic I keep on earning every single week with her new strategies *

[@bozemanhenrik4431]

I think I'm blessed because if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as expert Mrs Charlotte

[@bozemanhenrik4431]

I think she is the best broker I ever seen

[@janeddins3405]

My first investment with Mrs Charlotte gave me profit of over $24,000 Us dollars and ever since then she has never failed to deliver and I can even say she's the most sincere broker I have known

[@janeddins3405]

Yes I'm also a living testimony of expert Mrs Charlotte

[@laurajosie9926]

@Dana Hope thanks for the recommendation

[@dr.samierasadoonalhassani2669]

Thank you, extended cognition. Software of notes,4 steps-Capture,Organizing Distilling ,Expression. To help babies sleep at night is training from birth day and night rhythm as a surgeon breast feeding, do the feeding , cleaning,changing at certain times in night last encounter with him 11 pm sleep in second room , waking at 6 am. It is Pavlov conditioning reflexes , habits , very smooth ride , giving cow milk affect gut health microbiome and normal vaginal delivery is essential for babies rhythm true story,. Thank you .

[@bloodybaron808]

what could go wrong if parents don't intend a reflex system over a newborn (except parent's sleep deprivation)? cause the adults are definitely not ones that live 24 hours by a schedule, it's a system intervention which is better when left alone out of human life then hours shift drastically out of 24 hour zone sleep/awake time. I barely believe it's a 24 hour zone always it shrinks and expands and is dependant on many factors. only job still needs it preserved. thus wondering what could go wrong with a baby left by its time... does the rythm is just simple magic trick or there's more to it?

[@dr.samierasadoonalhassani2669]

@@bloodybaron808 the are much more to it. We just think the tips of ice bergs. We have to keep open mind and learn from cradle to the grave. The more we think we know the more we do not know. Thanks for open thinking. God blessings.

[@michelape]

I bought the book and couldn't finish it. I found it full of fluff and too self referential. The core content could have been condensed in a blog post

[@jiffonbuffo]

Animated summaries are on this platform.

[@deepneuralnetworks]

27:00

[@user-wr4yl7tx3w]

Money far better spent than more DEI at Google.

[@gubatron]

He looks like a deep fake render

[@markhumble7608]

Our brain is NOT 200,000 year old but the last time it evolved was about 200,000 years ago.

[@PetraKann]

Evolution doesnt stop

[@markhumble7608]

@@PetraKann Of course it wont stop but that is thelatest change we know happened 200000 years ago.the guy said our brain is 200000 years old its wrong.

[@PetraKann]

@@markhumble7608 the human brain has never stopped evolving. There is a clear definition of what a "species" is, and that demarcation ends when members of that species can not longer interbreed with one another. Currently on the planet there is only one species of hominid - we are it. There are no sub-species of humans. For example the "Race" is a socio-poltical construct erected by humans and has nothing to do with Genetics. I agree with you that the statement "our brains are 200,000 years old " is wrong. Evolution is a complex dynamic process that can involve bursts and also micro- evolutionary changes that occur within species and sub- species.

[@LamAnopro_]

Oh my goodness Tiago x google 🥺

[@Tektonov]

I've got fourteen hundred tabs, and this tab ain't one.

[@filipvancura1163]

brain is calkulator ..translator o binary code and relatizating that iO and transpond it to the idea its going to us.. to the sousl ..to the conscious :) mind idea Co scious and ious :)) and wisdom maybe..or uderstanding and zen than phearhaps..3th therodinamical law :)

[@jackwt7340]

American Horror Story Season 11 has begun

[@lifeisnotstatic2448]

My 😴💭😴Google Work Dream With See your self. 🚲

[@lifeisnotstatic2448]

❤🚲❤

[@dr.samierasadoonalhassani2669]

Recap extended cognition.Capturing,organising,distilling,expression.Babies if born vaginally,breast fed,their microbiome is healthy.New born babies needs tracing day and night rhythm according to Pavlov conditioning reflex ,making new habits ,how our biological clock we evolved biologically to be in Syn .with reality,real environment.Exposure to light,dim light,feeding,movements,interaction with career.Thank you .

[@g.4863]

I would rather go without shoes and feel dirt that hasn't been inventoried-because humans will never know Nature entirely.

[@vasteraaaaht]

off topic: his facial expressions keep reminding me of Elon Musk.

[@Malouco]

I RATHER HAVE MY PERSONALITY THAN TAKE DROGAS

[@Malouco]

ITS WORTH SUFFERING TO KEEP UR ESSENCE

[@PetraKann]

There is a chasmic difference between “personality” and “character”. One is priceless whilst the other is worthless

[@shadowelite3000]

what the f is goin on with both of their eyes? When Tiago smiles he doesnt moves is eyes at all, and She blinks 10x per second.

[@17teacmrocks]

tiago looks like a mixed asian ver of elon

[@kesor6]

Difficult to see Charlene's blepharospasm, she needs to take better care of herself. Tiego tried making a TED talk with the topic of his book in this presentation, the whole personal story I was sick and now I am healed, has been used by some many before it mostly bores and makes him be more of the same. No reason for engineers to watch this, he said absolutely nothing that you don't already know.

[@dr.samierasadoonalhassani2669]

Children brains are undeveloped at birth.Nueron connections ,pruning of extra nuerons we are born with.To make children dependent on iPhone as care taker and mothers get free time as babies and children busy interacting ,smiling with their iPhone.This advance in technology is very dangerous as children grow not in real life,plus EMR can affect the calcium channels in mitochondria in brain cell and there is increased incidence of brain tumours in children.Adult skulls are thicker.So new generation have I phone wired with their brains.It is an area need research of the risks with promoting such a good idea for some and not all.!we need knowledge in real life and brain synthesis new ideas ( German philosopher Emanual Kant) .To Recap , copy ,paste,make a book,sell ,get money.That is why my education started with books written by great minds 2500 years ago ,Plato,Aristotle,Epictetusand much more great work.brains developed at age of 25 years old ,mylein on axons continue to 70 years and more ( nueroplasticity).

[@sourabhsingh3617]

Honestly, Charlene, please stop taking interviews with such level of disinterest. Thankfully Tiago spoke so long that we can still handle it.

[@miketdarnell]

He likes like a digital Elon Musk with better hair.

[@bedahzainal]

NiaMeriah

[@trading8]

Don’t ever use Evernote. A better name would be Nevernote! It’s buggy, laggy, and annoying to use. Looks nice at first glance, but under the surface it’s a piece of tr#sh. And you’re locked in! Exporting doesn’t work, or slow to use.

[@pinakdutta1192]

It’s rather watch my hamster eat carrots

[@goabhau]

Pchh pchh i am out

[@crikxouba]

Is no one going to mention how this dude looks like a photoshopped version of Elon Musk?

[@corryjookit7818]

Do not post illegal stuff on here. You will be caught. Vigilance is the watch word.

[@JZGreengo]

This is dumb, more is better when choosing information, he’s comparing apples to worms. Imagine a doctor saying less information is better 😂

[@mattguerra895]

Anybody else feel like this guys is selling snake oil? People have been living for millennia without being able to recall the minutiae of their lives. It’s kind of arrogant. As if your experience is so incredibly valuable, every detail needs to be recorded. It doesn’t. Most people cannot name all 8 of their great grandparents. Life is fleeting, and legacy is a lie of vanity. Better to stop recording everything and focus on BEING in real-time. Enjoy your life, be present and be in contribution. You can do that with just one brain.

[@Lordincubus24]

Note that he Hits them with Apple products in the first few minutes which is just amazing lol

[@umarjibril8376]

A very fantastic book can one have the e-version of the book.Congratulations Dr Forte!