Building a Second Brain

A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential

Hardcover, 240 pages

Published Aug. 2, 2022 by Atria Books.

ISBN:
978-1-9821-6738-7
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OCLC Number:
1285772060

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(4 reviews)

6 editions

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Review for the book 'Building a Second Brain' by 'Tiago Forte'

First part is meant for people who are completely disorganized in their lives and it basically tells you to take notes. (Wow!)

Second part is about the PARA method. Sounds good, I might give it a try.

Later sections seem like filler material

The final section about "strong tagging system" is just one page that tells you to visit his website /bonuschapter where you are supposed to subscribe to the email - newsletter (haven't I already paid with €€€? Why do you want my data?) and then wait for an email that contains what should just be inside the book already.

Overall I would not recommend this book to friends 🤷🏽‍♂️

update: The email is a joke! 😂

This is the later part of the email:

"P.S. Since you purchased Building a Second Brain, we have another bonus for …

Disappointing

I chose this book because of its title, as I'm an avid user of Obsidian Notes & Obsidian refers to creating your second brain. Knowing that Forte wasn't discussing Obsidian as such, I was hoping to get some valuable ideas to apply to note-taking. Overall I was disappointed. But on the positive side, I did finish the book as much as I was tempted to call it quits.