“The real potential of a digital organizational system is to be a tool for capturing and systematically reminding you of past ideas, inspirations, insights, and connections.” — 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. — Tiago Forte
The heart of creativity and innovation is making spontaneous connections between seemingly unrelated things. Creativity, Innovation — Tiago Forte
Goals for a PKM:
- capturing and systematically reminding you of:
- past ideas
- inspirations
- insights
- connections
- streamline a writing or content creation process
- Curate Ideas
- making connections between seemingly unrelated ideas
- Build upon existing ideas instead of purely starting back at the beginning each time
If you don’t already have a Personal Knowledge Management tool, then I highly recommend Obsidian
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