Notion: The ULTIMATE Second Brain? We Put It to the Test! (ft. Thomas Frank)

Name: Notion: The ULTIMATE Second Brain? We Put It to the Test! (ft. Thomas Frank)
Uploaded: 2022-02-03
Duration: 1013 s
Channel: Tiago Forte
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Channel: Tiago Forte

Uploaded: 2022-02-03

Duration: PT1013S

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] in a world that's moving faster and

[0:02] faster we all have to find resources and

[0:04] tools to help us make sense of the noise

[0:07] and the chaos of daily life i'm thiago

[0:10] forte i'm a father a writer and a

[0:12] productivity expert and i'm on a mission

[0:15] to help people use technology to live

[0:18] more productive and meaningful lives

[0:21] today we're talking about using notion

[0:24] as a second brain

[0:28] today i'm talking with my friend thomas

[0:30] frank who is a notion expert a study

[0:33] fiend and productivity guru to really

[0:36] cut through the noise and answer one

[0:38] question should notion become your

[0:41] second brain

[0:43] we're getting ahead of ourselves

[0:44] what the heck is a second brain and why

[0:47] should you consider building one or all

[0:49] this stuff that comes into our life

[0:51] whether it be ideas or events or tasks

[0:53] but where do you put them

[0:54] how do you manage them that's the second

[0:56] brand it's an externalization of the

[0:58] things you shouldn't be trying to

[0:59] memorize a second brain is a trusted

[1:02] place where you keep all the information

[1:05] that matters to you it can be a paper

[1:07] journal or notebook it could be a filing

[1:09] cabinet full of note cards it can even

[1:10] be those random post-its that your

[1:12] spouse or significant other leaves

[1:13] around the house for you as reminders

[1:15] but for most of us today the most common

[1:17] type of second brain is stored in a

[1:20] digital notes app i used to do a lot of

[1:23] note taking in a notebook i used to

[1:25] actually create goal sheets in a

[1:27] notebook and i would track my b-roll

[1:29] charts for videos i was making thomas's

[1:31] note-taking app of choice is notion

[1:33] notion