Tiago Forte is the mastermind behind most modern Personal Knowledge Management theories. He's also a genius in online courses.
From note-taking to productivity, business, and life – here are @fortelabs top tweets condensed into one thread.
From note-taking to productivity, business, and life – here are @fortelabs top tweets condensed into one thread.
2/ On Note-Taking pt.1
• Write digital notes when you want your mind to move faster. Write with pen and paper when you want your mind to move slower.
• Don't set up an impossible note-taking system that you'll never be able to meet. Stay simple. Take a lot of notes.
• Write digital notes when you want your mind to move faster. Write with pen and paper when you want your mind to move slower.
• Don't set up an impossible note-taking system that you'll never be able to meet. Stay simple. Take a lot of notes.
3/ On Note-Taking pt.2
Every idea you have should go into either:
• a task manager
• a note-taking app
• something else for random thoughts
Your brain is for thinking of ideas, not holding them.
Every idea you have should go into either:
• a task manager
• a note-taking app
• something else for random thoughts
Your brain is for thinking of ideas, not holding them.
4/ On Productivity pt.1
• Look at your to-do's as options or possibilities, not obligations. This is the most important mindset shift in personal productivity.
• Never mark a task high priority if it's waiting on someone else.
• Look at your to-do's as options or possibilities, not obligations. This is the most important mindset shift in personal productivity.
• Never mark a task high priority if it's waiting on someone else.
5/ On Productivity pt.2
• Don't schedule two tasks in one day that depend on the other getting done.
• Never leave a task on the 'today' list for more than two days without reforming it.
• Emails are notifications, not tasks. Treat them like so.
• Don't schedule two tasks in one day that depend on the other getting done.
• Never leave a task on the 'today' list for more than two days without reforming it.
• Emails are notifications, not tasks. Treat them like so.
6/ On Launching a Product pt.1
• You can launch a product with zero risk by publishing content, building an email list, asking them what they want, building it, and selling it to them.
•The best online courses are driven by brand, not performance.
• You can launch a product with zero risk by publishing content, building an email list, asking them what they want, building it, and selling it to them.
•The best online courses are driven by brand, not performance.
7/ On Launching a Product pt.2
• If people are consuming your content for free, you're 80% of the way to selling it.
• No matter the price you choose, people will complain. So, choose a price that allows you to make it better.
• If people are consuming your content for free, you're 80% of the way to selling it.
• No matter the price you choose, people will complain. So, choose a price that allows you to make it better.
8/ On life pt.1
• You can't compete with someone who is having fun.
• Learning is the ultimate form of procrastination. Start creating.
• The only thing keeping you from sharing your ideas online is your ego.
• Learn to write. When you do, life will become easier.
• You can't compete with someone who is having fun.
• Learning is the ultimate form of procrastination. Start creating.
• The only thing keeping you from sharing your ideas online is your ego.
• Learn to write. When you do, life will become easier.
9/ On life pt. 2
• Everything in life requires the opposite. Being smart means you're going to feel dumb. Being strong means you're going to feel weak.
• If you don't forgive your parents, you'll become them.
• Everything in life requires the opposite. Being smart means you're going to feel dumb. Being strong means you're going to feel weak.
• If you don't forgive your parents, you'll become them.
10/ On Twitter
• Secret to Twitter growth? Keep Tweeting.
• Never give negative feedback via quote Tweets. If you have a criticism, DM them.
• Use fewer "ands", commas, and adjectives
• Use more adverbs, specifics, and metaphors
• Secret to Twitter growth? Keep Tweeting.
• Never give negative feedback via quote Tweets. If you have a criticism, DM them.
• Use fewer "ands", commas, and adjectives
• Use more adverbs, specifics, and metaphors
