Building a Second Brain

Book Update 8

Book Update #8: Turning Up The Heat 3 Weeks to Launch

In 21 short days the 4 year project of bringing Building a Second Brain to life will come to a conclusion

We will find out once and for all how much potential this idea has to enter the mainstream conversation around what it means to be productive and creative in today s world

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12 Steps to Build a Second Brain

How do you establish the habits of personal knowledge management in your life? Here are twelve practical steps you can take right now to get your Second Brain started: 1. Decide what you want to capture Think about your Second Brain as an intimate commonplace book or journal. What do you most want to capture,…

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Book Update #7: Reflections on a New Season

My book Building a Second Brain comes out in 60 days Cohort 14 of our course started a week ago with over 1 300 students enrolled Our team of over 30 staff and collaborators is humming along like a well oiled productivity machine

On every front we re seeing unbelievable momentum and excitement

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What’s New in Building a Second Brain 14

We are so proud to unveil the new generation of Building a Second Brain, our online course on how to leverage the power of information and unlock your full potential. After 5 years and over 5,000 alumni graduates from over 100 countries, we’ve learned a ton about how to create the ultimate learning experience. We…

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Brazilian Online Education

The Case for Brazilian Online Education

I recently traveled to São Paulo, Brazil, to meet with a Business Development representative from Hotmart, the largest online learning platform in Brazil and one of the largest in the world. Hotmart was founded in 2011 and has grown explosively since then to over 1,000 employees, serving over 30 million customers in 18 countries with…

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How to Build Your Personal Productivity Stack

From the Dawn of Email to the Rise of Personal Dashboards In the beginning… was email. The very first email was sent 50 years ago, in the spring of 1971. The incredible spread of email since then unleashed an unimaginable torrent of information into our everyday lives. And to this day, we still haven’t recovered….

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Chinese lanterns: Publishing deals in China and Taiwan

Book Update #6: Publishing deals in China and Taiwan

I m incredibly proud to announce we ve signed our first two non English foreign publishing deals for my upcoming book Building a Second Brain

The book will be available in China and Taiwan both with major non fiction publishers who have worked with many of the top Western authors to have their

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Magazine Stand - How the Second Brain Meme is Going Mainstream

Case Study: How the Second Brain Meme is Going Mainstream

One of my current obsessions is understanding exactly how a new idea, such as the “Second Brain” meme I’ve spent the last 5 years working on, moves from the fringes of society to become a part of mainstream culture. This isn’t idle speculation: in 6 months, on August 2, 2022, my book Building a Second…

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