#BUILDING A SECOND BRAIN APPS HOW TO#

Curious people usually clog their queue with dozens of interesting things, and they can't process them as fast as they find new ones. If the content doesn't immediately align with your objectives, let it slide. Fill in all the attributes, and add a date when you plan to sit down with it. Start asking yourself: will this article, podcast, social post, and so on, add any value to what I'm pursuing right now? If so, open the Notion template, and on the Sources dashboard, add a new entry. Their job is to shed light on the history of each piece, create meaningful connections between the objects, and inspire their audience. How much of it is aligned with the projects and areas of interest that you have? It's time to start thinking like a curator.Ĭurators find, maintain, and develop collections that are then displayed to the public. Take stock of what information you're consuming every day.

#BUILDING A SECOND BRAIN APPS HOW TO#

Here's a suggestion on how to set these up as an attribute and database view combo:Īdd a new attribute to the Projects database.Ĭreate a filtered view to display pages with the Topic type. Upgrade suggestion (advanced): In addition to projects, you may also have areas of interest, such as 'artificial intelligence' or 'digital marketing.' These areas of interest aren't immediately actionable and serve mostly as a topic page, an entry point for your notes.

And now that you know what's on the table, you can make better decisions on what you'll pay attention to. This setup should give you a good base to see everything you want/have to do.

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