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Building a second Brain - Coggle Diagram
Building a second Brain
Why is a second brain important
Information overload
an average person tend to consume same content as 174 information a day
It increases anxiety because we think that we might forgot something
And ppl randomly note down the points
Average US employee searches for information 76 hours in a year
Helps in making the ideas concrete
We can include multiple information such as notes, qoutes, stories, metaphor, images, mind maps, flowchart, videos, cuts from movies and anything else.
Makes ideas tangible
Helps in finding the connection, helps in coming up with new idea
Knowledge compounds and it will form a spider like web
Eventually you come up with your own perspective
helps in slow burn
You dont have to do the heavy lift
Ali Abdaal youtube content engine
Doing all at once
Cooking multiple ideas at time
Capture
Things to capture
Tidbits from blogs
Gif from Videos
Use youtube transcript
Images
Youtube
Reels
Quotes
Essays
Journal entries
Notes from books
Metaphors
How to capture
Capture what Surprise you
We tend to capture what we already know because of confirmation bias
Avoid confirmation bias
Inspiration
Useful
personal
Follow your intuition
When a participants where given a deck of not-gonna-win cards they felt stress- Even when they didnt know
Magic of writing things down
It cures your trauma
Gives you commitment
Gives you memory
You will gain insights
Capture note in the data station
Organize
Be regular and orderly in life so that you may be violent and original in your work.
The Box
A dancer kept every source of inspiration in her physical file.
A way to look back at all the projects
Satisfying as heaven
Digital environment- same as physical environment
High ceiling- abstract thoughts
Better the environment, better the thoughts
PARA
Projects
Current things im focusing on
Im focusing on developing deep concentration so all the files related to focus goes there
Area
Areas that have no end goal, which is life long commitment
Macro tracker
Finance tracker
Resources
Place for things, which doesn't belongs to Projects and Areas
Wisdom vault
Archives
Area for things that doesnt fit in Projects, area, resources. A trash can- but you can see everything
Completed projects
Data station
It can be challenging for you to decide where to put each notes
We can put anything in here
Distill
Express