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5 Meghan Telpner, Academy of Culinary Nutrition, Academy of Culinary Nutrition (blog), https://www.culinarynutrition.com/blog/.
6 Artyfactory. (n.d.). Animals in Art—Pablo Picasso. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/animals_in_art/pablo_picasso.htm.
CHAPTER 7: EXPRESS—SHOW YOUR WORK
1 Octavia E. Butler, Bloodchild and Other Stories: Positive Obsession (New York: Seven Stories, 2005), 123–36.
2 Lynell George, A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler (Santa Monica: Angel City Press, 2020).
3 Dan Sheehan, “Octavia Butler has finally made the New York Times Best Seller list,” LitHub.com, September 3, 2020, https://lithub.com/octavia-butler-has-finally-made-the-new-york-times-best-seller-list/.
4 Butler’s archive has been available to researchers and scholars at the Huntington Library since 2010.
5 Deborah Barreau and Bonnie A. Nardi, “Finding and Reminding: File Organization from the Desktop,” ACM SIGCHI Bulletin 27, no. 3 (1995), 39–43, https://doi.org/10.1145/221296.221307. Joseph A. Maxwell, “Book Review: Bergman, M. M. (Ed.). (2008). Advances in Mixed Method Research. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage,” Journal of Mixed Methods Research 3, no. 4 (2009), 411–13, https://doi.org/10.1177/1558689809339316.
6 William P. Jones and Susan T. Dumais, “The spatial metaphor for user interfaces: experimental tests of reference by location versus name,” ACM Digital Library 4, no. 1 (1986), https://doi.org/10.1145/5401.5405.
7 Adam Savage, “Inside Adam Savage’s Cave: Model Making for Movies,” Adam Savage’s Tested, YouTube video, 20:26, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKRG6amACEE.
CHAPTER 8: THE ART OF CREATIVE EXECUTION
1 Danny Choo, “DIY: How to write a book,” boingboing, January 27, 2009, https://boingboing.net/2009/01/27/diy-how-to-write-a-b.html.
CHAPTER 9: THE ESSENTIAL HABITS OF DIGITAL ORGANIZERS
1 Dan Charnas, Work Clean: The Life-Changing Power of Mise-en-Place to Organize Your Life, Work, and Mind (Emmaus, PA: Rodale Books, 2016).
CHAPTER 10: THE PATH OF SELF-EXPRESSION
1 Lynne Twist, The Soul of Money (New York City: W. W. Norton & Company, 2017), 43.
Index
A note about the index: The pages referenced in this index refer to the page numbers in the print edition. Clicking on a page number will take you to the ebook location that corresponds to the beginning of that page in the print edition. For a comprehensive list of locations of any word or phrase, use your reading system’s search function.
A
Abhinavagupta, 33
abstract thinking, 160n
actionability, 45–46, 101–3 to avoid getting stuck, 86–90
kitchen organization analogy, 103–5
priming for, 90–95
Afrofuturism, 148
Ahrens, Sönke, 141n
Allen, David, 9, 212
Amazon Kindle, 75
American Film Institute, 114
Andreasen, Nancy C., 35
Apple Notes, 39
Archipelago of Ideas, 182–86, 192, 205, 240
Archives (PARA category), 87, 89, 107–8 defined, 90
explained, 95
illustration of folder, 99
kitchen organization analogy, 103–4, 105
moving projects to across all platforms, 207, 209–10
ordering by actionability, 102, 103
Areas (PARA category), 87, 89 defined, 90
examples of, 93
explained, 92–94
illustration of folder, 98
kitchen organization analogy, 104, 105
ordering by actionability, 102, 103
reviewing, 216
Arieti, Silvano, 175
Atlantic, The, 15
Atomic Habits (Clear), 197
attention decreased quality of, 26-27
investments in, 202
poverty of, 18, 18n
protecting, 149–51
audio/voice transcription apps, 73, 74, 130–32
B
basic notes apps, 73, 74
batch processing of notes, 212. See also Monthly Reviews; Weekly Reviews
“bicycle for the mind” metaphor, 3
biji, 20n
biological brain increased cognitive demands on, 4, 18
a new job for, 227–29
“Blank Space” (song), 55
bookmarks, 59
box, the, 81–84, 114, 178
brain. See biological brain; Second Brain
brown, adrienne maree, 223
browsing, 160–61
Buildingasecondbrain.com/bonuschapter, 162n, 243
Buildingasecondbrain.com/course, 16n
Buildingasecondbrain.com/quiz, 240
Buildingasecondbrain.com/resources, 40, 66, 74n, 208n, 239, 240
Building a Second Brain system. See also Second Brain as a journey of personal growth, 228–29
legacy of thinkers and creators behind, 16
lessons of, 3
major influence on, 2–3
origins of, 15–16
overview, 2–5
Bullet Journal Method, The (Carroll), 232
bullet points, 125
Burns, Ken, 136–37, 137n
Bush, Vannevar, 4n, 30n
Butler, Octavia Estelle, 19, 145–49, 178
C
calendar, checking, 213
campsite rule, 139–40
Capture (CODE step), 42, 43, 53–79, 116–17, 238 building a private knowledge collection with, 54–56
choosing tools for, 73–76
creating a knowledge bank with, 57–60
criteria for, 66–70
current thinking on a project, 203–4
deciding on content, 239
divergence and, 180
explained, 44–45
inspiring material, 68
Organize step separated from, 101–2, 117
personal information, 69
resonance and, 44–45, 70–72
surprising benefits of, 76–78
surprising information, 69–70
“Twelve Favorite Problems” exercise, 61–66, 239
useful information, 68–69
what if it were easy?, 78–79
what not to keep, 60–61
Carroll, Ryder, 232
case files, 57
Case for Books, The (Darnton), 19–20
Cathedral Effect, 84–86
Challenger space shuttle disaster, 62
Chambers, Deborah, 35
China, 20n
choreography, 81–84
citing sources, 154, 169
Clear, James, 197
code libraries, 57
CODE Method, 33, 42–49, 180, 198, 237–38. See also Capture; Distill; Express; Organize
cognitive ability enhancement, 3–4, 5
commonplace books, 43, 57, 147, 178 Archipelago of Ideas for, 183
digital, 21–22
legacy of, 19–21
computer desktop, clearing, 213–14
confirmation bias, 69
connect (Express stage), 165–66
connecting (PKM stage), 41, 42
consumption-to-creation shift, 48, 232–34
content, 57–58
convergence, 181 example of, 191–94
features of, 178–80
Coppola, Francis Ford, 113–16, 178, 179
Covey, Stephen, 186n
COVID-19 pandemic, 147
create (Express stage), 166–67
creating (PKM stage), 41, 42
creative execution, 175–96 Archipelago of Ideas in, 182–86, 192, 205, 240
convergence and divergence in (see convergence; divergence)
Dial Down the Scope technique in, 188–91, 194, 196, 240
Hemingway Bridge in, 186–88, 193, 196, 210, 240
Creative Habit, The (Tharp), 81
creative process, 177
creativity, 48–49 attention in, 149
Capture step and, 54–56, 57, 65, 72
cause of blocks in, 38
collaborative nature of, 167–68
connecting ideas in, 35
from consumption to, 48, 232–34
incubation of ideas in, 36–37
productivity and, 197
as a remix, 169
Creativity: The Magic Synthesis (Arieti), 175
Crick, Francis, 34–35
Curator’s Perspective, 67, 204, 228
D
dance choreography, 81–84
Darnton, Robert, 19–20
deliverables, 153, 154, 240
Designing for Behavior Change (Wendel), 71–72
Design Thinking, 178n
detachment gain, 77n
Detachment Gain, The: The Advantage of Thinking Out Loud (Reisberg), 77n
Dewey decimal system, 45, 86
Dial Down the Scope technique, 188–91, 194, 196, 240
digital garden, 4n
digital hoarding, 54
discoverability, 118–19
Distill (CODE step), 42, 43, 113–43, 238 convergence and, 180
discoverability and, 118–19
explained, 46–47
Progressive Summarization in (see Progressive Summarization)
pruning the good to surface the great, 134–37
quantum notetaking and, 116–18
for your future self, 117, 118–19, 122, 125, 139, 141–43
distilled notes, 153
divergence, 181 example of, 191–94
features of, 178–80
DNA structure, discovery of, 34–35
documents created by others, 153, 154
Dropbox, 110
E
ebook apps, 73, 75
80 percent done rule, 166n
Einstein, Albert, 47
email capturing excerpts from, 76
clearing the inbox, 213
essence, finding, 46–47
Evernote, 39, 40n
executive summary, 124–26
Express (CODE step), 42, 43, 145–72, 238 convergence and, 180
explained, 47–49
Intermediate Packets in (see Intermediate Packets)
protecting attention, 149–51
as a remix, 169–70
synonyms for, 49, 49n
three stages of, 164–67
you only know what you make, 170–72
extended mind, 30, 30n, 31
Extended Mind, The (Paul), 17, 30n
external knowledge, 58–59
F
Fast Company, 15
favorites, 59
fear of mind limitations, 225–27
of missing out (FOMO), 195
feedback, 168
Feynman, Richard, 61–63
film making, 113–16, 169
final deliverables, 153, 154
Flaubert, Gustave, 81
folders. See also PARA browsing, 160–61
defined, 88n
moving relevant notes to, 203, 205
reviewing for relevant notes, 203, 204
searching for related terms across, 203, 204–5
FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), 195
Forte, Wayne Lacson, 175–76
four-letter frameworks, 87n
Francis Coppola’s Notebook (documentary), 115
Franklin, Rosalind, 34
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) pages, 161–62
future self, 2 Capture step and, 67
Distill step and, 117, 118–19, 122, 125, 139, 141–43
Organize step and, 88
G
Genentech, 15
Generation Effect, 76–77
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (Gleick), 62–63
Getting Things Done (Allen), 9, 212, 212n
Gleick, James, 62–63
goals moving to “Completed” section, 207, 208–9
PARA and, 89
reviewing and updating, 215
stress-free accomplishment of, 166–67
Godfather, The (film), 113–16, 179
Google Docs, 40n, 110
Google Keep, 39
grid code, 43n
H
habits, 197–221 mise-en-place process and, 198–200
noticing, 200, 217–20
project checklists, 200, 201–11
reviews (see Monthly Reviews; Weekly Reviews)
using an imperfect system, 220–21
Harvard Business Review, 15
Harvard University Library, 19
heavy lift approach, 36
Hemingway, Ernest, 186
Hemingway Bridge, 186–88, 193, 196, 210, 240
Hidalgo, César, 58n
highlighting, 75, 118–19. See also Progressive Summarization automatically capturing ebook, 239–40
excessive, 137–38
making it difficult, 140–41
without a purpose in mind, 138–40
highlights (insightful passages), 58
Hofstra College, 114
Hollywood model, 91
Hollywood Reporter, 114
hook books, 57
“How the Brain Stops Time” (Psychology Today), 121, 123, 124, 125
How to Take Smart Notes (Ahrens), 141n
human capital, 14
Huntington Library, 148
I
ideas connecting together, 35, 41
designing a space for, 84–86
incubating over time, 36–37
making concrete, 34–35
retrieving exactly when needed, 164–65
revealing new associations between, 35–36
IDEO, 178n
images, 59, 163
Inc., 15
Industrial Light & Magic, 169
Industrial Revolution, 19
inflection point, 30
information average person’s daily consumption of, 17
deluge of, 17–18
personal, 69
sensitive, 60–61
surprising, 69–70
time spent searching for by average employee, 18
transformation to knowledge, 48
useful, 68–69
information hoarding, 2, 229–30
insights, 59
inspiration, 68
Inter-American Development Bank, 15
Intermediate Packets (IPs), 151–64, 166–68, 170, 187, 194, 195, 196, 238 assembling the building blocks of, 155–58
defined, 152
experimenting with just one, 240
five types of, 153
as intellectual property, 152n
retrieving, 158–64
reviewing and moving to other folders, 207, 209
internal knowledge, 59
International Data Corporation, 18
intuition, 71–72
IPs. See Intermediate Packets
Iriki, Atsushi, 22n
Is This Anything? (Seinfeld), 56
J
Japan, 20n
Jobs, Steve, 3n
Joel, Billy, 82–83
Johnson, Steven, 182
Junger, Sebastian, 38
K
kitbashing, 169
kitchen organization analogy, 103–5
knowledge. See also personal knowledge management building a private collection of, 54–56
external, 58–59
information transformed to, 48
internal, 59
notes as building blocks of, 22–25
radically expanding the definition of, 57–58
recycling, 201–2
tacit, 233
knowledge assets, 58
knowledge bank, 57–60
knowledge garden, 54, 59, 159
Knowledge Management, 2n. See also personal knowledge management
knowledge map, 126–27
knowledge vault, 21
knowledge workers attention and, 149, 150
defined, 22–23
designing an environment for, 85
Dial Down the Scope technique and, 189
L
Lao Tzu, 113
Le Cunff, Anne-Laure, 4n
LEGO analogy, 24, 65, 152
Leonardo da Vinci, 19
Locke, John, 19, 122n
Lucas, George, 114
luck, engineering, 217–20
Luhmann, Niklas, 4n
M
Magic Number (4), 87n
Maravita, Angelo, 22n
marginalia, 21, 21n
meditation, 11, 235
meeting notes, 59, 132–34
Memex, 4n, 30n
memory(ies), 18–19, 59. See also remember; remembering
Microsoft, 18
Microsoft OneNote, 39
Microsoft Word, 40n
mindfulness, 235
mise-en-place process, 198–200
Mod, Craig, 21
Monthly Reviews, 200, 212, 215–17
Moser, Edvard, 43n
Moser, May-Britt, 43n
musings, 59
MythBusters (television program), 169
N
New Method of Making Common-Place Books, A (Locke), 122n
New York Times, 17, 91
Nobel Prize winners, 61, 62, 63, 186
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 43n
notes batch processing of, 212
creating an outline of, 203, 205
discoverability of, 118–19
distilled, 153
as knowledge building blocks, 22–25
meeting, 59, 132–34
moving to project folders, 203, 205
paper, 38n
reviewing folders for relevant, 203, 204
