Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential

by Tiago Forte

There are four essential capabilities that we can rely on a Second Brain to perform for us: Making our ideas concrete. Revealing new associations between ideas. Incubating our ideas over time. Sharpening our unique perspectives.

At this point in the book I suspect people are still on the fence about whether a Second Brain is really for them. They’re in evaluation mode, trying to get a sense of whether the effort required is worth the promised benefits. Reading about these 4 “superpowers” a Second Brain gives you, which one is most attractive and promising? Would having that capability at your fingertips make it all worth it to you?