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"We should put as much care into our digital environments than we do for our physical spaces. We spend about the same time on each"
"Due to the deluge of information we are subjected to, each one of us is a part time librarian now."
There's one thing that a computer does better than humans: remembering. So make that the computer's job.
What is left over? Focus. Processing time.
Note taking is commonplace. Everyone does it. But now that we have digital note taking tools, there are (at least) 4 ways we can use these to use as our "thinking assistant" or second brain.
1. Promote unusual associations. The first requisite is to keep everything in the same place. If you think it's valuable, add it to your note-taking tool. 
That way you only have to search for something once.
"Humans are better at interacting with the environment, than at reasoning and planning"
By making notes, you can glance at them and see patterns across them.
2. Incubate ideas over long periods of time. The Slow Burn. Adding small things, raw material, over long periods of time.
Complete the sentence: How can I ...
What are your favorite problems? Questions you come back to again and again?
What are your favorite problems? Questions you come back to again and again?
3. Create visual artifacts
4. Provide the raw materials for later interpretation.
Examples:
"Writer's block just means I don't have the ammo."
Sebastian Junger
Sebastian Junger
And, we get to what we're building...a PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE.
Knowledge Capital.
Information comes in, turns into knowledge (by you interacting with it), and eventually into projects, which again becomes information.
Information comes in, turns into knowledge (by you interacting with it), and eventually into projects, which again becomes information.
The BASB mMethodology
Remember. The things you're learning.
Connect. The insights you discover.
Create. Combine that knowledge into something new.
Remember. The things you're learning.
Connect. The insights you discover.
Create. Combine that knowledge into something new.
The easiest way to start is to export your book notes (which you're probably already writing) into your note taking app. Usually, evernote etc give you an email address that you can send emails to, and it will automatically get added to your notes.
But, how do I create knowledge?
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This depends on what you're interested in.
Do you write notes on movies you watch? Create drawings? Slides? Presentations?
Do you do summaries on trips you go to?
Wanna process sales feedback in a centralized place?
These are all great places to start.
Do you write notes on movies you watch? Create drawings? Slides? Presentations?
Do you do summaries on trips you go to?
Wanna process sales feedback in a centralized place?
These are all great places to start.
Knowing what you don't know is as valuable as what you know.
The hard thing is not having the information. It's when to apply it.
If your brain is full with the former, it doesn't have free time for the latter.
If your brain is full with the former, it doesn't have free time for the latter.
"The #1 bottleneck in this world is that people are not sharing enough."
"Two years ago, I hadn't shared anything online"
Look at his profile now. He's prolific.
Look at his profile now. He's prolific.
"How do I know what to save?"
Don't save camera manuals. Save these 👇👇
Personal tip: if it resonates, save it.
Don't save camera manuals. Save these 👇👇
Personal tip: if it resonates, save it.
