I got this idea from a beauty blogger who recommended keeping items on Amazon in the cart/wishlist to curb impulse buying. An easy way to implement the Quick Capture method in KZfaq is to add everything to 'Watch Later'. That way, you avoid going down KZfaq rabbit holes and the next time you open the app, you already know what to watch. Also, this made me delete so many videos that i later realised I had no interest in watching, so it significantly cut down screentime too.

I went full in on a second brain system in obsidian after reading David Allen's GTD and reading your website content/watching your videos 2 months ago. Your unique thoughts helped me to bridge the gap between GTD and personal knowledge management. I have never felt less stressed and feel like I am making progress in my life in all the areas I care about. Excited for your new book, thanks Tiago for sharing your ideas and philosophies on building a second brain.

I just completed my first "Quick Capture" and I feel so liberated!! I had magazines, workshop notes, books, quotes, post it notes, planners, pdfs, to do's, written notes from conferences, all spread out around me in my office. Not to mention what was all in my head!! I've just captured them all in quick notes and thrown it all out (the physical notes) and it feels so good to know it is saved somewhere and I do not need to action any of it right now. Plus my office is SO TIDY!! Looking forward to focusing on my daily habits and organisation next and moving some "dark cloud" projects forward that had been weighing me down. Thank you so much!!

This video is a perfect example of that all you need is a pen and paper (i.e. apple notes or one note etc.) You don't need a million apps which do the same thing in a different way. Simply, just a text area with typing capabilities is all you need for productivity.

There was so much information here I had to actually slow the video down to .75 speed. I found it extremely useful to see a visual representation of the system being built. It allowed me to conceptualise the information much more accessible.

I wasn't supposed to watch this but take a note and watch later. But I am glad I did watch this straight away. You have sorted out my life just then Tiago. Thank you.

I implemented PARA about 3 years ago and it has been amazing for me. I teach it to my cadets who are struggling with getting organized. I can't wait to see the KZfaq series!

Wow. I set up my note taking app yesterday with this guidance, and I can already tell a difference in the way I am processing new information. I am still fighting the urge to go right into the action, but I can catch myself before I get too deep into it. Game changer.

This the foreshadowing for the PARA system!

I'm going to have to watch this again at half speed. It looks completely different on YT than it did visualising it from reading the book, and I've set it up completely differently. Mind blown.

wow, just found this in 2023 and its a game changer! Impressive, easy to follow, and made me want to comment on this video to say thank you!

Thank you so much for this video Tiago! I had watched some videos in skillshare and started my own Notions page but felt overwhelmed as i felt like i'm missing a lot of things and felt almost as if i was focusing on the aesthetics and make up of the page. This 30 day challenge helps me forget all that and just focus on the bare minimum and just DO! Excited to GTD!

Great video as ever Tiago. After being an Evernote fan since 2008, I found myself moving over to OneNote as my second brain. The ability to move to an app with a ‘free form’ page was a game changer for me. But the biggest benefit, which transformed my workflow was the ability to tag actions from any note and have them appear in my dedicated todo app. That makes reviewing my tasks so much easier.

I have been following you writings and teachings for a year now. I have already implemented PARA in my life and it have started to reap benefits especially in my work life. Looking forward to reading the book "BASB"

There’s a very useful exercise I picked after reading Making Work Visible, it’s called a demand analysis. The process is very similar to identify the inputs but for a software team.

Please make a video about Evernote and how you use it yourself

Great video 👍And nice idea to make it as simple as possible with Apple notes for the sake of learning the principles. Looking forward to the PARA video 👀

Having a quick capture list sounds like a great idea in theory, but it's something you have to revisit constantly and sort. If you've set up your other categories correctly, you should be able to just throw that idea into the correct category to begin with, saving on double handling and one less list to review constantly. Great ideas overall.

As someone who really resonates with the Bullet Journal method, including the value in fountain pen to quality paper, I see a strong connection to what I am learning from Tiago Forte because I cannot escape the need to incorporate the digital world. I am hopeful these two systems can work together since the Bullet Journal Method includes a nod to moving ideas etc to a digital space. Anyone have tips in connecting the two worlds?

Little tips : For the apple devices you can create a shortcut to open directly a specific note and put the shortcut on your Home page

I really appreciate your suggestion of going in this direction, as it simplifies the process and allows me to easily incorporate it into my daily life. I don't feel the need to rely on a fancy note app; I simply want to focus on getting things done. Thank you for sharing this with me.

I don't use PARA, mostly because its restricted to 1 dimensional thinking and I use tagging, where my projects and areas and places aaaand timelines and workflows are realized at the same time, in a way in multidimensional space of overlapimg PARa and workflows. But still I salute to Tiago, because I find in every video of his something inspirational. I came to learn throughout my life, that improvements in personal organization come in tiny increments, not in form of bombastic revolutionary methods. One exception was LogSeq, which I started to use from day 1 like I was (I did) waiting for ot for 30 years 😂. So I have utmost respect for Tiago, even though I implemented part of what he tesches years ago in one way or another and part I won't for different simple reasons. But the small part with tiny improvements, or assurance of what I do or simple motivation, is very, very valuable 👏👍

Expert level and info on noting that other people can't really teach. They just go through basics.

I love this series so much!!!

Damn I can't wait for the PARA series to be uploaded!

This will tame the multitude of notes I take on a daily basis. I think it will help me to get more done since I'll be able to have my ideas available to me when they're needed: I'll be able to be more creative. So thankful for your resourcefulness and the time spent figuring out a system to wrangle the information beast - and for promoting development of self restraint.

Good video. Applying this system with Google Keep. Using the tags for the different notes to organize them.

Currently the best video about starting a Second Brain, I recommend it to people all the time.

Singularly the most important suggestion I heard in quite a while. This one is perfect - not little and not more. The language is simple and this is actionable. Just committing to it - and here is my day 1: TTYL

This is a great video, those are old well-known concepts, but you put them all together in such a clear and meaningful way. Thanks.

Discovered you today, thanks for this kind of content. I actually watched the 17 minutes video first, and am looking for more contents. I am very positively surprised at how agnostic to concrete tools you approach this, I am going to consume all your content probably. I was doing things to streamline and disable inputs already, but it's nice to learn of the downstream needs too, I was not doing that aa well, but now probably will enhance thanks to you.

Outstanding video - but I nearly missed it! IMO should be called something like, "Guide To Obtaining High Value From Note Taking". The title implies that if you've been using a note taking app for some time, then the video's not for you.

Love your videos. Glad that I found your book/channel through Ali.

Great video! Im excited to read your book! I been using Obsidian for my second brain! I just downloaded it to my phone excited to get more organized!

So promising, I can tell this is thorough, I hope it is not that time-intense Definitely I will buy the book on audible, I hope you are the narrator

I really like this series of video, can't wait to try out the 30-day process! In the video, you mentioned that we can categorize our sources with value and volume. What is the definition of volume?(e.g The amount of resource? The amount of information?)

Why don't you have this set up in an official KZfaq playlist? You will get SOOOO many more views when people can watch the whole playlist at once.

Need next video in this series... This is really useful please continue this series I want to learn but couldn't afford the course

What a great video series! But I have some questions: 1. Why not make tasks, projects, areas, etc into folders? Since it's faster to create a new note than to open a new note and add a new line. 2. Why not use a dedicated task manager (such as things)? I think it is more efficient because I can see task due dates at a glance.

Why would Read/Watch Later be separate from Resources or Archives? The only difference is that it's a skeleton of a potential concept or idea to be explored. Keeping it separate serves as unnecessary distraction, or worse, can lead to analysis paralysis as the list grows - what do I see next?

Great tips...Thank you! So much information packed in a single video✨

I bought your book because of this video. Got me started. Thank you.

I am new to GTD concepts and see a lot of apps. My biggest fear and question is WHEN DO PEOPLE DO THE ACTUAL WORK if we start managing our brain and then the second brain all the time? I have fear of letting go information from my brain and do feel stressed with all the knowledge and information I have to keep in my mind. But as soon as I start looking at these apps, it adds more stress to learn them.

Thank you for this tutorial. I now have a clear plan

this is useful. i have been wanting to stick to just ONE app and use it. Apple Notes seems to make sense in that sense. i also like that it is realistic. and practical. thank you

There are not different people but different note taking needs. What you suggest is good for managers, people who work in professional life and need to get things done. Perhaps this is the reason why your method is so similar to David Allen's! However, for an Student, or for any person who is preparing for any competitive examination, a place where he can organise and write down what he has learnt is most important. For academic, the possibility of connecting what he has learnt with what he knows is crucial. But people seldom fall in one category or other. They are usually little bit of everything. Hence they also need different note taking apps for different works. Before David Allen, dividing todo and calendar in diffrent classes of actionable items would have looked strange to anyone. His method showed how ill equiped is a todo list to deal with challenges of the modern world. Same principles apply to note taking methods. No one app would suffice all of these four needs. For a student, a copy, or at least a digital book where he can use pen is crucial. He needs to not only understand but also learn and remember. For those who need to get things done, we need something which is good at capturing and organising. Where people can quickly and efficiently jot down and divide things is essential. For those who are in the business of generating ideas or writing articles creating theses any note taking app which supports zettlekasten method is best. And truly speaking there is no one who is an Architect in the sense it has been used here. Everyone wants to organise their notes. Every one uses bullet points inside bullet points. Notion is just a cool way of taking notes which allows people to use hierarchies. Suggesting that one note taking app will suit every purpose is like suggesting a todo list is all what a person would ever need

Thank you love it, thanks you for sharing especially the way you showing with example how to apply it at the same time when explain.

Where would you start if you've already amassed years of notes and files and they are all over the place?

This video is a godsend for a beginner like me, thank you Sir!

Simple yet powerful!

Awesome video and so well-laid out. I started to use Notion about a month ago and am not sure how I got along without it before. I have now opened a new page with all of your headings and ideas to make my note-taking more efficient. Thanks for the time you put into making this video. Have a nice day tomorrow, Easter

Great video ! Thank you so much, I'm definitely trying this out in Notion ! When did the videos about the PARA method are coming out ?

Starting this now, in Notion, will let you know how it goes. Also, thank you!

thank you again. very helpful and focus is so much easier now

This is great, but here comes the “but" that there will be alwasy priority tasks in front of the rest. How to better plan so that we squeeze time for not-so-urgent ones for modern man seperate the ordinary and the outstanding.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤❤❤❤

Thank you for your this video! I will try it now. I need to organize my life and it looks helpful to it.

I would think about inputs and checking their sharing features before choosing the app. As a troublesine capturing is sure to stop us using the app.

Relatively new to your community and ideas, so forgive me if you have mentioned this elsewhere. As I listened to this video it occurred to me that Trello would be a great capture tool. Items can easily be moved around, colour coded, tagged, given deadlines etc. the downside is that it’s not ideal for what I imagine would be the second brain you are building - I guess that adds a layer of duplication but I’m wondering if the ease of capture, classifying and sorting makes it a viable tool?

Your videos are always so helpful! Thanks!

I do this a lot with “things”, that app is much better than the native notes app

Hey Tiago, I have a question in respects to identifying tasks, projects etc... For example, I just re-read 7 Habits of Highly Effective people. I took and organized my notes but want to continue to apply and practice the lesson's I've learned. How do you organize and keep these top of mind? Further more, like projects, I have multiple things I want to keep top of mind... how to be a better husband and new-dad, strategies and new methods I'd like to adopt, new principles/virtues to adopt, hitting goals etc... These seem to be more guidance-based notes but in the thick of work, I get tied up in day-to-day activities and tasks.

Great Video, - As I'm an Architect Mindset person, Notion is perfect for me. - I've created a Notion page for Personal Task Management, following the guidelines in this video. I think it will be very helpful. Eagerly waiting for your book on Second Brain. I hope you will release a video based on Notion also.

Fantastic information! One of the missing links for me - done.

Simple and brilliant, as usual. Just curious for me, project and area are mixing up sometime, any advice.

Why would you not just put Tasks in Things 3 or Reminders instead of a Note?

This video is great! thakn you so much, im going to commit and im hoping this helps me organise my life and thoughts in the future :)

Microsoft Swiftkey virtual keyboard has a integration with Microsoft ToDo so that while I am talking on my phone, chatting or having a meeting, I can add a task directly to my task list. It's very powerful.

It is unclear to me how to use this note taking method during a comprehensive department stand up meeting that includes a range of topics like department budget, enterprise policy change, business process development and customer service goals. Should I be creating a separate quicknote for each of these topics during the meeting?

Hello. I was looking for directions in order to choose the right notes app for me... Strange tutorial : it starts (#1, #2, #3) with defining styles of notes taking, listing notes apps and features that fit some of these styles, and finally : a 1-size-fits-all method that could work with any notes app. It could even work with nothing more than a bunch of text files, or in pen-and-paper mode. But a 1-size-fits-all method that I can implement on both my corporate OneNote, on my personal Google apps, and even in my BuJo : that's precisely what I was actually looking for. Thanks, a lot !

Hi Tiago! Greta video and amazing images. Which camera and lens didi you use in this video? Greetings from Brazil

Useful and inspiring 😊 thanks!

Good video. I write quick notes, video etc. and set the categori, and date. After filter it, how i want. Its quick. No copy.

Thank you so much Tiago! Any idea about how to categorize something as either a "Read/Watch Later" or a "Resource"? Resources can often be articles or videos (things we'd like to read or watch later), and so it's hard to draw a line here

I would argue that Apple Notes should be in the Librarian quadrant. Many have moved here from Evernote because they work pretty much the same. Would you agree?

I'm going to implement this into my life wish me luck guys 😉

Great video Tiago 👌🏻

I also follow Anne-Laure!!! Love her mails

Great again Tiago, thanks. I use a separate inbox voor tasks so I have a notes and a tasks inbox. Would you recommend that?

Second question: When we start implementing the P.A.R.A. system, what do we do with all the other “ stuff” that we’ve saved on our computers? Do we label and transfer all of it into our new notes app? Thanks again!

Did I miss the Places description? I didn't get it in my notes. Got my docs saved. ✅

@Tiago, fantastic content. I have one question though, are you suggesting a few notes filled up for 30 days, or a set of notes for peojects, another set for areas, more notes for references, etc?

Marc Koenig, man why did you stop uploading videos on your KZfaq channel? 🤷‍♂

Great series of instructional videos on note taking. First question I have is concerning the quick capture and emails. What process would you recommend on capturing emails into your quick capture note?

Thank you. A newbie with the Second Brain (your way vs my past way). Created my value/volume list in Excel. I'm confused as to what to do with it next. I have two different lists. One for tax season, the second for non-tax season. Have I just narrowed down my priorities in my mind/for making decisions on where to place in the note app? I was trying to set up in Notepad, maybe that's not a good app to use. Do I create a single note for each input category?

I'm trying, like a madman, to find a solution for my different roles and situations in life. I use a Windows computer, with mandatory Office 365 stuff, for work, and all Apple gear for my own freelancing and private life. These two "lives" (work and private) intersect all the time and I need to have a system that both can be used on PC and Mac, as well as on iPhone. I'd gladly use the Apple Notes for Quick Capture, but that won't work on my windows machine. I'm putting everything inside of Obsidian in the end, but I'd like to have a way simpler way of putting Quick notes down but to use Obsidian for this. Any good thoughts on this one? Thank you very much for great information and inspiration! Martin, Sweden

incredibly helpful

How do you maintain the notes over the years? Would I have to make this sections every year or will the notes eventually be filled up with years of information? How do you manage the information build that comes from years of data gathering?

I don’t know if I should switch to learning how to use Evernote. My style is closest to the Librarian archetype and am a beginner at using notion. I’m torn bc I’m only a beginner level at using Notion but will be note taking and using my notes like that of a librarian. Should I cut my losses now and switch to Evernote (never seen the insides of this app) or continue with Notion even tho it’s not the best app for my use and style?

What is the difference between Areas and recourses? It feels the same to me when I started the 30 days note taking. Thanks

Great video. Thks sir

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Does it make sense to step into BASB when I cannot make work notes in the app I have chosen for my personal use and work email is one of my most important sources? At work, I could use a separate, authorized app. Do you have any videos on notetaking with such a personal-work split?

Why not store projects within their related areas? What information do you keep in an area?

Apple Notes 😍

but apple notes does not give option to link notes and create categories of notes in notes and use as core indexes. I like apple notes but this one flaw makes it pretty hard to be my daily notes software.

What app was he using on the 7 minutes and beyond part. I am pretty sure it wasn't Apple Notes...

asking for clarification - would you effectively end up with tasks in two places? in the tasks note and in the projects note?

If you are using something like the Apple Notes app, are you creating Folders with these titles or are you making individual Notes with these titles within a system Folder?

Why you didn't mention the categories capture/tasks/read & watch later in your book?