Your Brain's Not Broken: Use This Notes System
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
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Dig inside RUclipsr and medical student Elizabeth Filips' up-to-date Second Brain Notion system to discover the productivity apps and note-taking philosophies that fuel her prolific creative output.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Elizabeth: "Our main brain is not meant for storing information"
00:34 Tiago: "So, your whole Second Brain is one page🤯?"
00:50 CAPTURE
00:55 Pen & Paper - "It's awful and not sustainable"
01:05 Books - "Start with books"
01:11 Readwise - "It's the ultimate app"
01:34 Kindle - "It's easy and highlightable"
01:42 Instapaper - "It's like your own curated newspaper"
02:05 Twitter - "I hated it before"
02:19 Air - "I don't really like it"
02:28 Elizabeth's Book Reading Strategy
02:31 Kindle - "Super information-dense book"
02:41 Audio Only - "Fluffy books"
03:23 Apple Notes - "Art is a good thing to capture"
04:14 Elizabeth's Task Management
04:33 Google Calendar - "I'm not very rigid with these"
04:48 Elizabeth: "I've accepted that I've a very poor memory but, I'm a very passionate person"
05:07 ORGANIZE
05:10 Readwise Inbox - Raw highlights from sources
05:32 Notion - "Only the important things will go here"
05:55 The Zettelkasten Method
06:47 Tiago: "The digital equivalent of an index card"
07:08 Progressive Summarization - "My favorite thing in the world"
07:40 Turning reading cards into personalised note cards
08:46 Elizabeth's Second Brain Overview - "This will need a bit of explaining"
08:59 Topics of Interest - "Life, design, yourself, mental frameworks, emotions..."
09:27 Create a Strong Statement - "A straightforward Life is Depressing"
10:00 How to Separate Information - "I didn't do any mental gymnastics here"
10:26 The 3 C's - "Connected, contradictory and, crazy"
12:08 "This was the only thing I couldn't adopt from Building a Second Brain"
12:35 Elizabeth's Numbering Notetaking System
13:48 What's Elizabeth’s Notetaking Style?
13:58 How to figure out your own notetaking style...
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Guest: Elizabeth Filips @elizabethfilips
she actually speaks that fast? woah, I always thought her videos were sped up to save our time but she's actually that fast AND eloquent? Impressive.
One wonders if she's on cocaine all the time :D
Yup, and it's funny because I'm not a native English speaker and not familiar with British accent, so, watch her videos improved my english a looooot
I'm used to watching videos in 1.5x speed. I didn't know I was watching this on 1x until I read this comment. 😅
@@nkc3156 I don't usually change the playback speed, but I watched this video at 0.75 speed because I didn't want to miss any of what she was saying.
this is exactly what i was thinking the moment the video started
From an outside perspective, this is completely and utterly insane, but at the same time mind bogglingly genius
I feel like Notion helps her design/see how her brain works and how it makes connections through life. She's able to talk as fast as her thoughts, it's overwhelming but very impressive. Also she seems extremely in tune with her thoughts and who she is. The way she takes notes must have taken years to master. It's refreshing to see someone working WITH her brain, instead of fighting and going against it.
Understanding how your brain works is probably the most powerful tool you can have in this world.
They are so in sync. I love how tiago finished Elizabeth's sentence... :)
I just had to slow down the speed to fully digest what Liz was saying :)
This video editor is exceptional. Elizabeth is engaging already, but this editing is on point. Great content, great video - subscribed!
I don't know, I find the dense spoken information plus the fast editing a bit overwhelming actually. I had to stop the video even though I really want to know what Elisabeth has to say.
I had to double-check if my video setting was set to 2x. Elizabeth is amazing, so is Tiago!
The way she articulares and talks about her experience is just amazing. Thanks for another great video.
Just discovered this channel this week, and I am loving what I am learning so far. I, I’m pretty certain I have undiagnosed ADHD, and have been trying to figure out ways to implement systems and help me get through life. I also just love learning about how people think. This is great
This was so fascinating. Would love to see a template of her setup. Echoing other comments, I was positive this was on 1.5x speed I had to check. It wasn't lol.
Yeah, Elizabeth is a really fast talker, to the point where it's satisfying so I don't have to make it on 1.5x speed 🗿🗿
Notion newbie here - I'd love a template of her setup as well! 👍
I know. Such a fast talker. I had to play at .75 speed to keep up !
She has a video on her channel that goes through how she set things up. Go check out her channel if you havent already. :)
This vid started autoplaying from another vid that I was watching on 1.5x... while the other one was totally doable, Elizabeth on 1.5x right after gave my brain whiplash lol
I love how efficiently she talks
It‘s like 1.5x speed 👍
Yeah I have to slow it down to 0.5x speed.
its more like 3x speed
As a person who works in the fire and building codes for my job, we use the analog style of reference titles, chapters, sections, and subsections.
Elizabeth make me think of my zettlekasten in this way and I was so excited to think about how to incorporate it! It’s something that makes a lot of sense the more you get into it and really helped me get towards making those connected, conflicting, and crazy relations she was talking about. Thanks for posting Forte Labs team!
Good to see how someone else's system works. I used to think her videos were edited to have her speaking so fast, but apparently that's just how she is. ;)
Didn't expect this interview.
Followed your email series in the past months and discovered Elizabeth just recently through her video on going with the flow instead of the schedule.
Eager to hear how her approaches maps with your framework's creative steps.
Ahh! Just opened my mind! I loved how she keep everything super organized
This is amazing! As an Evernote user like you, I'd love to see this exact kind of video but from your perspective with that handy roadmap and everything. Especially for the CODE process you do for information you get from books.
This video is going to help me sooo much over the next year or two. THANK YOU BOTH IMMENSELY!
Wow, this is gold. Thanks for sharing, I seldom get so many new ideas from one single video. Reading your book Tiago has been great too. I appreciate your work ❤
Love this, Elizabeth is the one who first introduced me to the Second Brain idea and as an late DX'd AuDHD 2nd🧠 is amazing. All through school I had the nickname Scribe because everything got written down or it was lost forever, was always carrying a huge binder full of paper.
What means DX‘d AuDHD? Late diagnosed Autism & ADHD?
@@str8outtah674 yes
Inspiring! Facinating variation of the 12 questions and I love how Elizabeth intentionally makes it spicy and controversial. Will definitely be rewatching this take more notes. This was certainly not "fluffy" content.
I usually watch your videos at x1.5 speed but with this one it feels like she's already talking at x2 naturally haha
It wasn't just you. I slowed this one down as well. My brain cannot move that fast!
Elizabeth talks very fast.
I literally checked if the video is on x1.5 speed 😄
@@NjuJFama Me too!
I have all of my Second Brain under the Microsoft suite of tools - OneNote, Outlook, Microsoft To Do, OneDrive, etc. I love it.
Amazing content - and what an incredible editing, I loved it!
Thank you for the gift of this video. Two of my favorite knowledge authors talking about the second brain. Lights my ❤️ on 🔥!
This might be the first time I've had to slow a video down to catch everything in it. She is very well-spoken! Great video!
I just randomly came across you. I haven't read your book but am planning to. I feel like this is what i needed. Thank you!
Love this. I was trying to copy this Elizabeth's second brain framework from last 3 days and didn't expected this to come in so detailed .
Brilliant person!!! Consider slowing down for teaching purposes. Thanks.
Elizabeth is amazing! Thank you so much Elizabeth. I've been wanting to apply PARA or second brain but always failed to incorporate it into my current note taking system. It turns out, with my ADHD, her notes and my notes look more similar, especially compared to complex PARA system with some Notion advisors. (I'm also using Notion, so naturally I'm drawn to them - and shame myself for not being able to make it work). Also shoutout to Tiago who balances the conversation with his warm tone, summary, that helps us to understand what's going on. Also, I watch on 1x here. Hihihi. Thanks you both! Will definitely check Elizabeth's page, also a medical doctor here!
Ah, loved this one! Such a vivid and inspiring interview! Thank you, both!
Her setup looked stressful AF at the start. By the end it made total sense but that is a lot of admin 😮💨
I agree
Me too. I would like to have everything under control sometimes too. And I can remember the same behavior from academia in my case. But, it doesn't seem the right way to work with information for me personally.
I've really been wanting more notion info. Thank you for this
This blows my mind. I need to rewatch this.
At first, I was thinking this is too intense
After finishing the video and on second thought, this could be a really good way to work around over stimulation and information overload...
To pick what you’ll keep or leave
The trick is the effort it takes when you’re already overwhelmed 😅
Excellent video. Thanks Tiago and Elizabeth!
9:20 That "Topic" column is scaring me lol
My feeble architect mind is telling me that could be more efficient as a relation and then achieve a similar look with a group by.
Otherwise, this looks like a pretty solid system. Very inspirational.
Simple and powerful! Love the concept.
So cool to have a look into those brains, structures and habits!! Fast thinker, fast speaker. I love it
Mind-blown by this video on optimizing your note-taking system! The idea of a 'Second Brain' and the meticulous card-based organization method are game-changers. It's incredible how such a system can help us capture and connect ideas, fostering creativity and productivity. I am definitely adopting some of these techniques to supercharge my own note-taking! 🚀📚
Bravo Tiago for your amazing work!!! I'm impressed by Elizabeth's speak. Crazy =)
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!
I want an Elizabeth Filips / Rose Orchard podcast. The accents alone would make for an amazing listening experience but the knowledge and wisdom would take it to a whole new level.
she is amazing, and I love this so much - i'll be implementing something similar to this in my life
there's so many gems in this, thank you!!
Oh, yeah! Productive influence is goes x2 in this vid!
i loved this video, so interesting, and the editing is so good too so you can actually follow it lol. i'm definitely gonna watch it again, even more careful, to start it in my own life.
what no one talks about is deciding what goes into the second brain. Your real brain has a natural mechanism of remembering and forgetting. Until you update the second brain with this necessary mechanism you will inevitably waste time putting things into your second brain that you never need or you never forget (meaning it bogs down your second brain).
I am trying to find this balance when building my own second brain, but it is challenging.
I believe Tiago addresses this well by initially framing things with the 12 favourite problems exercise. Then further culls the info by using the lens of collecting info related to a particular project (something you produce that has a definable end/finish).
So all info is usable at least once... It can then be called upon at a later date if the information is archived/ or put into a 'resource' (depending on how you structure your 2nd brain)
Any info you're recording not related to a current project is a waste of your energy. Why consume something with no intended output? This is a productivity system after all..
@@nicrobb My impression from watching the video is that it would be great to collect all the creative ideas I have at random moments together so I could easily access them when I'm put on the spot for ideas and my mind inevitably goes blank.
@@zetizahara I totally understand and have been in the same position.... Even now. I really have to focus on being project focused....
And even more focused on working /researching one project at a time.
I find the 2nd brain system more effective for me by keeping my focus narrow and intentional.
Otherwise I bookmark everything. Admire you if you can make "broad focus" work without feeling over whelmed.
Her system is just wow. And what an interesting person.
Loved this video!
Two of my fav RUclipsrs!!!
She is fantastic! Loved
Very interesting to see, thanks Elizabeth!
her actual brain is on 10x. love it.
Great content. Love it.
I can literally see steam coming out of my brain rn 🤣🤣. Beginners don't be afraid, you can build simple systems to get started. This video is more helpful for people who already have been in the Digital note taking space for a long time.
how isn't this channel verified yet? great content as always!
She speaks so enthusiastically that she's actually in tune with my 1.3x speed on Audible!
Haha, Love the video!
I LOVE IT! Another vid together please 🙏
Great video!
Had to double check I didn't have this on 2 x speed. Turns out Liz had coffee.
Me too!! 😂
The video editing on this video is out of this world! Which mind mapping tool were you using?
I like a lot of this 🏆
she's both smart and attreactive, you nailed it this time.
This video inspired me to re-evaluate my own work style, however i couldn't stop thinking whether she realizes this system only exacerbates her memory problems (which she most likely thinks it's worse than it is). Because why memorize anything if you just can store it?
I recommend a simple habit of just rereading notes once a week.
The ones that are read 5 times are going to be read once a month.
After 6 months of reading said notes now only once a year.
Ymmw
✌🏻💯
Its fascinating how she speaks about it, pure passion. Actually, I am more simple than this system. For me is most useful simple capture to the task manager and then decide / organise. Jeff Su has made nice video. Regarding the note taking system, I use mostly Apple Notes and starting to use the Drafts as quick note system > when I then transfer the note to the apple notes if its worth it. Drafts are cool, because they have app on apple watch where you can just instantly dictate the note. I am thinking about learning the Obsidian because many people recommends it , but will see....
The thing that many people do not realize is that Elizabeth is gifted and often, what many of us do not realize is that we will never be able to achieve what she says, as to her information comes much easier than to an average person. Not saying that she does not put in the effort, but most people who would put in the same amount of effort wouldn't be able to achieve things to the same extent as her
Wow, truly incredible stuff and I'll have to watch that a second time just to take it all in. Maybe on 0.5 speed.
I use a word document for that, but the functionality of connections seems very useful
Does Elizabeth have any more details on her numbering system? I’ve been wrestling with how to use some kind of cataloging system for my digital notes. Ideas? Suggestions?
She speaks so fast but she is super smart and I learnt so much from her
Thoughts while watching.
- Notion, Readwise, Instapaper seem to be everywhere 😅
- How to take smart notes had to appear... don't agree with the Luhman first person to split capture from distil and organize. It is part of our natural learning process.
- Atomic notes in Notion - interesting but not sure how they would link to projects or larger concept expansion or exploration.
- Ok wow that list of relations is chaos (not necessarily a bad thing)
- Categorizing connections seems easier with explicit explanation rather than implicit linking...
Great video, still waiting for that Obsidian user 😆
it was eye-opening, as there are many expert on the chat and the host expertise too, how do you capture and organize pdf highlights? DO you have a centralize method (i tried Readwise and it is not working at all on pdf - I PAD)
The hook was so good
the collab I've been waiting for. yt algo did well.
wow i love her and her second brain. i use notion a little, but i didnt understand how you can connect the cards like this 11:12
Hey Tiago. Are any of these collections of notes on Notion public? I would love to analyze such a dataset of ideas.
Great video!
With regards to notion or apple notes: Is someone else also super annoyed by the fact that neither notion nor Apple Notes have the feature to return to the last seen section of a page (like OneNote has)? Especially when you're using information frequently (such as at work), this makes it way less usable, or am I missing something?
She’s so structured I thought she might end up being an Architect style! Classifying everything under precise statements isn’t really discoverable I think. It is incredibly structured. If it were gardening she would be using tags and let the information sort itself out when the time came she needed to retrieve that information. don’t you think?
I don't know about using tags effectively in Notion because it is not quite user friendly when using tags in Notion, unlike Obsidian. Notion is designed for architect so it is what it is. Using tag make it more overwhelmed
The numbered cards are her tags.
She sounds like a market place, how possible is that.? Informative video ❤
Uh, a Gardener who‘s using Notion. I guess that she would also love Obsidian. The categorizing technique is like the visual connections in Obsidian. But i can relate so much the thing with all in one place :D
The first time I use the slow-down option, it was worth it
Hi. Don't forget to upload her second brain map. Thx.
Nice NVC plug at 2:12! Surprised to see it pop up.
Leaving this comment incase anyone else like me stumbles upon this. I believe the creating cards and linking stages are separate, as you can create a bunch of cards from content you read and dive in whenever to derive topics and new connections from them.
This might be why Elizabeth mentioned processing 2-3 times a year, I think she's processing *cards* 2-3 times a year.
hello, 반가워요. 덕분에 재미있게 공부하고 있어요.
This makes me think what is knowledge actually. Is it about just taking notes and trying to retain as much as possible?
I actually checked the speed of the video to see if I had accidentally changed it 😅, not complaining, I actually like it 😁
Is Elizabeth diagnosed with ADHD?
I react to most of her challenges, woah. has someone done a guide for ADHD second brain? :D I love the idea, but mostly it has been challenging for me to create and follow it.
This is psycho behaviour but honestly it's good that someone is willing to do this
What the f-
she made me tired, and I just woke up. damn, what a speed
I used Notion, was great for a week, then I forgot I had it. Then I remember I have it, add notes, then forget again. Then weeks later I will say "Huh, I should check on that" and see 100 things I forgot.
This is wild. I am impressed, but I also feel like helping her set up some links and systems to make it easier on herself. 😆 None of my business, though. If it works it works.
I tried to watch this, I really did. I think as someone with ADHD it's difficult enough to develop the discipline to journal like this, but having the depression on top of that just makes you not want to do any of it. Interesting as a theory though. But I'm happy for the people like her found a system to develop their second brain.
bro...i have severe adhd, fight it. It is not impossible. I have built a second brain too. It cures your ADHD to 90%
Adhd and Depression too, but working on my second brain is keeping me motivated in organizing my information clutter
@Tiago forte algo que no entiendo del sistema de @Elizabeth Filips es que ¿Cómo se puede cumplir el principio PARA teniendo solo una carpeta? 12:15
I’ve never had a headache this bad 😂
i had to slow down the video to .75 playback. She speaks so fast and I was like that as a kid and everyone looked at me like huh didn't help being hearing impaired either lol
I had to actually adjust the rate of speed but nonetheless, this is fascinating.
Which whiteboard tool or diagram tool is this? which generates dynamic flow diagram
Good stuff. Mnemonics and a memory palace work best with vivid images including extreme themes like horror or porn. I don't want to be using themes like this so I create animations in my head including sound, smell, taste and touch. Anything I don't need to memorise goes into my PKM graph.
She is very smart, and work hard as far as I've seen her videos online. and I believe working with Ali Abdaal helped her to see thing in a different way too.
Love this! Nevertheless, I think it would be better executed in Roam.
Of all things said here, the best insight I got had nothing to do with the vid's objective, it was what she said about "rules" getting a lot of clicks o RUclips... Which for me alludes to how much people are actually suffering in this modern nihilistic world and longing for structure.