Why I Have a Second Brain
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- In this video I geek out on the reasons I think it's super important, satisfying and rewarding to be highly intentional about notetaking. Although I've done a variation of this throughout my life, only recently have I gone all-in in creating a Second Brain (Tiago Forte Style, but without the PARA method, that didn't work for me).
If any of these reasons resonate with you, I'll follow up this video with an in-depth exploration of how I set everything up in Notion, how I capture, process and connect my notes.
These are things from books, Tweets, articles, courses or even things people say that resonate with me and I feel are going to be valuable in the future.
This has honestly been such a lifechanging thing for me. I feel so safe in knowing I have endless amounts of information out there for myself, that I've seen, understood, processed. Any project I start is almost always half-baked already, and I have eliminated the Blank Page, which absolutely usually kills me.
This video is targeted more at professionals than students! Although if you're super-keen, the sooner you can set something like this up, the better, I have found this is much more valuable for my professional/personal life than educational life!
If you want to stay in touch:
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To make your life easier:
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - What my Second Brain is
1:18 - Investing in your future memory
1:53 - Information overload
2:41 - You're the average of the top 5 projects you spend your time on
3:53 - I shouldn't trust my current self
5:41 - This system gets better the more you fail at it
7:11 - Outro
Good stuff
*The boss has approved*
Stop saying that in every video.
ABSOLUTE WASTEMAN
Thanks to you, we have another good UA-cam channel 👏👏
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Rarely do we find influencers creating such content on the web .... you are one of those meticulously prepared gem!
Thank you so much for this! ♥️
@@elizabethfilips you're welcome.....btw you are an extremely quick responser😀
you just have to look..
I literally never comment on UA-cam but I just had to let you know that although you're relatively new to UA-cam you've taught me so much just about general life and have helped me discover different techniques that I wasn't even aware of. I'm so glad I stumbled onto your channel a couple months back because each video you put out has given me an opportunity to learn more (recently watched the one about the birth of Venus and wow literally a 100/10 video) like I don't want to make you feel pressured or anything but even you saying that you make yourself accountable for your lazy times and how you incorporate it into your schedule was kinda eye opening for me because I never considered it that way. Thank you for providing new perspectives to things because a lot of other advice on this platform can be very generic and repetitive. Just thank youuuu in general for making these video's, I'm pretty sure whatever you put out I can enjoy and learn from :D
Oh my gosh thank you so so much for this comment, I’m speechless. You’ve made my day, I honestly wish you all the best ♥️
@@elizabethfilips thank youuuuuu, you're doing so well so keep doing you
"brains are for making connections not storing information" - one thousand times yes.
My second brain is still nascent, but I completely agree about how I wish I could have talked to my past self about it. It's a very enticing tool to use. I like things to be in text files so I have built mine in vim using the vim-zettel plugin.
Your line "Brain making connections" vs "Brain storing information". That is so TRUE!! Because biologically/scientifically we make more neuronal connections when we add/delete habits!! Hashtag Atomic Habits by James Clear and hashtag Charles Duhigg's book Power of Habit.
Yes Second Brain has helped me soo much, especially for creatives, it's a must, we don't realise it's significance until we start using it. Thank you Elizabeth for mentioning and bringing clarity to the significance of second brain. Looking forward to more videos related to your systems, very much eager to know about systems. More Love to you ❤️
I always come back to your videos when I need to get my life together again. Everytime I'm watching some of your videos, I'm taking a few ideas and it helps me to grow until I'm stuck again and then I coming back for new ideas. Watching your videos have been really a game changer in my life, thank you so much !
Thank you Liz for this video! I've started building mine a couple of months ago and as much as I increasingly get clearer, I'm still failing and needing to adjust as I change. Can't wait until you get deeper on this! Love from Australia 🌴🐨
Thank you for existing!
The amount of value you've packed into an eight minute video is mindblowing! Love your work!
Thank you!!!
Could you possibly create a video on the system itself, I try to do the same but not to the extent you're doing it and would love to see what works for you :)
On the list!!
Excited for thisss
Did you ever create the video on the system?
@@brendalg4 did you ever look at the videos on her channel ?
@@skykice I remembered after I posted... I had even already watched it
If only I found your channel sooner because I love your content and the messages you're sending out so much! I very much relate to you (I'm a med grad with a passion for learning in general so --> information overload!) and just seeing someone else who thinks very similarly to the way I do feels so relieving and so validating. Honestly, some of the quotes you share are so touching to the point I find myself tearing up! Just amazing work and I wish you all the best in life!
I just want to say that I really like your content!
It's quite relatable and fun to watch, especially about your elaborate 'systems'.
One of the handful channels on YT, that I'm watching all the videos of/following properly.
That’s really flattering, thank you 😅
Great video Elizabeth! Creating a second brain can be so powerful. The human brain is magnificent and as human’s we often think that it can do everything and the brain can remember everything. Even though we do not want to admit it, the brain has limitations. Having a second brain to store ideas and notes is so helpful. I have been doing it for the last few years and found it has made me more productive and stopped me from having that annoying feeling that I have forgotten something important or even the name of a new song I have heard. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, a notebook or dairy is a great start for taking notes or having a to do list.
Nice video. I'm using this second brain concept for taking notes from books and other important stuff and managing my UA-cam channel too.
Your organisation is goals 🥺
1:58 : Honestly that completely changes my perspective on my self education the past few years. Having come out of the rat-race of college, I've been feeling for years that my memory of things is very limited and fleeting, but I also flood myself with new information I think is important every single day and feel awful when I don't remember most of those connections. There's no way I can hold onto that much info and that "174 newspapers" really puts things in perspective.
Spinning up my second brain right now...
I almost feel like crying at how relatable this is. For quite a few months now, I've been thinking that there's something wrong with my brain because I can't remember any of the info I deemed important. But the truth is that I consume a SHIT TON of info every day because I'm also a multi-passionate person and I feel like I have to know everything. I'm still concerned, tho', but at least I've discovered that it isn't uncommon.
Loved this video and want to learn more about your second brain! I learned a lot and appreciate how well organized these ideas were!
The average of 5 projects vs the average of 5 people. Super helpful during corona because I can't hangout with friends so much. And not depend on anyone to improve myself. This is a nuanced perspective, Elizabeth. Makes me feel more independent. Thanks a ton, girlie!
Thank you so much Bindiya, so happy you liked it!!
@@elizabethfilips Thank you, Elizabeth!! You are awesome!! Lots of ❤ from Bindiya!!
i personally think that the 5 people rule works not only with physical friends, if you are consuming content from youtubers/podcast/books/mentors, that applyes to. And sometimes is better to have more influence from an author than a friend who dont take care of his life. Im not meaning that you dont need friends, but YOU CAN choose the ones to learn from :).
I just discovered this today that what I started to do since the pandemic, opened new paths for myself essentially self-development that cultivated my second brain. This video just boosted my motivation to strive through coming adversities as I've expanded my knowledge about the second brain. Manifestly, I'll be heading towards maximising its capacity. This is great. And I've come to the conclusion, that having a second brain helped me get two jobs competent for my future career. Forging a second brain really does help professionally and as a person that consumes information 3-5 times than the average person every day. And I'm just turning 19 this year! Brilliant and Lovely lol!
One of the best videos I’ve seen on the subject of information management… brilliant work. I have made copious notes and will be a subscriber from today.
Yay! Been waiting for this video!
That is amazing! I gonna start doing that too! THANK YOU SO MUCH.
You always give me peace and motivation ❤😍 Thank you!!
Great video! You made an interesting point about information overload, I didn't realize how much information we consume in a single day 😲
Great video, straight to the point and informative.
I absolutely love this content. Keep up the good thinking.
Best part was about making systems for lazy version of ourselves
Another awesome, actionable video! Thanks Elizabeth:)
I absolutely love every video you put out - off to create my second brain!!!!
Ohhh thank youuu
I'm kinda new to your channel and a lot of your ideas that I've seen until now really have been in my head over my 3 years of studying medicine... they really strike home...
You're honestly my favourite youtuber now!! I'm so glad I found your channel :D
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Can’t wait to see you go over how your second brain works. When you do, please could you cover when you don’t have electronics on you. At night, I tend to not go on technology, yet I still consume books and tend to have the best ideas at night when I can’t get to sleep and just procrastinate, and then I sometimes forget those ideas lol. Love your channel!
Thanks Robbie 🙏
This is the first time I’m hearing about this concept!
Beautiful reflection at the end of your video, this is why I feel it you are one of mine and think on that level means that you are a woman with a high volume of information that you feel the need to organize such a high volume of information which you want to optimize, and at the same time use through a second brain efficiently without having that cloud load in tow and that is exactly what we want all the people who in one way or another we carry out activities under consumption of information, for this I congratulate you and wish you all the best in your career and your personal life.
Thank you, Elizabeth. You inspired me to learn more about the second brain!
Waiting for this video from you, Learned few things thank you.
Loved the video as always, Elizabeth! All of your insights are always so interesting - even when you're talking about information that other people have spoken about, you always approach them from a fresh and new perspective! I hope that one day, my own videos can do the same thing
That’s such a beautiful compliment, Isabella, thank you so so much! 💙
I don't know about your second brain, but the more I watch your videos, the more I find myself loving your main one. Best wishes
Thank you, so well explained. 👌 I started building my second brain a year ago, after I found Zettelkasten (a software created by Daniel Luedecke after Niklas Luhmann) and have the same thoughts about why having a second brain is crucial and one of the best and most important things one can do (as an educated and widely interested person). I first heard about Notion from Ali and now found you (thanks to him haha) and I'm on my way copying your notion setup! 😄👍
Fun and engaging as always. Thank you.
Thank you!!
Glad to see that there are people like me ❤♥
Love your videos ♥
I discovere your chanel a month ago but I definitely want to watch all of your videos. I'm really thankful because I finally found someone with a brain similar to mine !
Heading for the moon Elizabeth! I am a second year med student from Australia as well and found your videos really fun to watch
Great video Liz, huge believer in having a second brain and yesss Notion is the place for it 🤟🏾
YESS
I've been thinking of doing this, glad to see this video. I just need to figure out Notion
Elizabeth reacted to my comment. I'm starstruck!
I'm interested in seeing your notion setup
Really really helpful video. I have kind of organized everything on my Chrome bookmarks but your Notion way seems more realistic and accessible. Would love an actual video on how we can make our own Second Brain. Please try to make a video on it soon.
Thank You!, Elizabeth 🙌👍...
Well done, thank you for your thoughts . . .
I love this! I'll try now!
Another excellent video thank you
Can't wait till you break down the details of how you manage your second brain! Been hearing about it for a long time but haven't brought myself to know more hehe
PS I"m curious why you end every video with "don't believe everything you think" 🤔
I'm looking forward to this as well. 💛
I ❤ that she ends all her videos with that quote: "Don't believe everything you think" are incredibly wise words from a person who hasn't even become an offical doctor yet!! I applause her for that!! 👏 Lots of times we have impostor syndrome and don't believe that we can do better, I think this is why she reminds us via her quote. I feel like on those days where I really feel like a failure, this quote of Elizabeth's reminds me to not have a negative internal dialogue in my brain about myself. Thank you, Elizabeth!! Lots of love, Bindiya 🤗❤🤗❤🤗
Love this!
Thank you so much for this video! I'm currently actively improving my own organization and the concept of a second brain is very intriguing and inspirational. I create a custom server with different chatrooms to store ToDo lists and write on different topics as I go. That works, but sometimes it is inefficient. Therefore, I'm curious to learn a few new tricks°
Thanks for sharing this. This is een new concept for me and it looks promising. I have read after your posting this video some articles on this and i try to implement this in my evernote app.
Tiago Forte uses Evernote for his and it works so well for him!
This was amazing, please make a detailed video about your notion second brain categories and systems
You’re amazing!!
just marvelous. keep up the great work.
Such an interesting topic - thanks for sharing!!
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Can you please make a tutorial on how you made your second brain or recommend a video please, Love your videos!!
Yesss it's on the list, hopefully will get it filmed soon!
Thanks for sharing this. 😊
I have been wanting to do this for so long. I used to collect information by bookmarking them, but having switched browsers, it's a pain to migrate all my bookmarks to the new browser. 😂 Now I'm trying to migrate them to Notion so everything is all centralized and not browser-dependent.
Another bottleneck I'm going through is I'm not sure if I should segment my databases or just maintain a single database and categorize with tags. With your video, I'm now gravitating toward the latter. It's much easier to manage a single database vs multiple databases. Thanks again for your amazing content. 💛
actually I've been taking notes from this video too,, thanx for sharing.
So helpful, thank you! Also I love your hair.
Thank youu 💙💙💙
I’ve been using Evernote and digitisation of all transient paper things for years but recently started using Notion for knowledge and it’s brilliant. Would love to see a tour of your second brain structure.
waiting for that system walkthrough!! Amazing vid Liz
Thank youu Daniel!!! 🙏
Great video again! :-) Looking forward to more in depth videos about the Zettelkasten method you are using :-) Would love to see how you set this up in Notion!
Yesss I'm doing it soon!
Three videos deep and now I just want to be friends with Elizabeth. Thank you for the videos!! Excited to try some of these things out!
Excellent and motivating.
Brilliant! You are the one who changes my life, Elizabeth. You are my type of person. For most parts of my life, I constantly questioned myself why I cannot be consistent and commited to doing things like most self-help books says. Besides, people said you cannot rely on your motivation , all those stuff. But you saved me Elizabeth. I followed most of your ideas and it works for me. Thanks a million!
Btw, I am wondering about your journey in becoming an artist. If possible, could you share, how you study and how you get where you are now?
I thought you were going to reveal that you had a twin 😅. Great video Liz!
Hahaha I WISHHHH
Loved the video so much! 💫
Can you make a video on the study strategies you used throughout GCSEs, A-Level and med school? Thank you
@@shaheerfaisal3052 Yes agree!
Awesome video. Please make more videos about how you built your second brain, how you update it and how you get feedback from it.
Thank you for this video
I'm from Venezuela, you got a new subscriber❤️
Love this video
Yes please, could you make a set up video for notion. Clever topic- Really appreciated!
Ahh I really want to learn about your notetaking system Liz! looks super organised 🤓
Ah thank you May! And official congrats on 1k!!!!!!
I really love your videos ❤️
Amazing video 😍😍- would be great to have a template and follow along tutorial so we can start implementing this too into our lives🙃
You’re soooo inspirational for me❤️❤️
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A 2nd brain is such a good term for how powerful this kind of note system can be. It turns fragments into frames & words into windows.
Love ur content, u r such a hardworking lady and medico. Love from Nepal 🇳🇵
Awh thank you!
@@elizabethfilips u wlcm ❤️❤️ want a study tips videos for medical students from u.
Great content 🔥
Can you do a video about how you organize your things (your daily tasks, thoughts and other kind of stuff)
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Great video Elizabeth! ;)
Me:saw the thumbnail
Elizabeth:i have a second brain
Me:probably SPD😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Great video, thanks for sharing insights. :)
I watched the full clip so Mr UA-cam algorithm pushes you out to more people. all the best x
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I use Notion for ALOT of my information consumption, same as you it sounds like; university, books, podcasts... But my system is very much just a page for books notes, a section for uni, a bit for something else... There’s no connection between the notes I write down. Basically - it would be SUPER cool if you did a video on how exactly the Second Brain system works on your Notion, I reckon I could really benefit from it!!
It's on my list!
Great information dear
great video! should start applying this to my career and youtube too :)
Awesome content
So It's called "having a second brain " I have been practicing this since 2017 .
Great video , just found your channel and subscribed , keep it up
I know I loved the term when I first heard it too, it’s so well captures the (not so recent) idea of notetaking - thanks for watching :)
Great video
Second comment....was waiting for your video❤️❤️❤️❤️
Heyaa. Since I have subs this channel I have been sleeping well and learning good stuffs. Productivity times 2. Take a bow :)
OMG I thought you had a sister and initially thought “Oh does she also have a YT channel I can follow”. Amazing Video Liz! 💯 💥
I do have two hahaha they don’t have channels though 😔
Another incredible content, *Liz!* I got to know this "Second Brain" project not long ago and, since then, developing it has been one of my main goals. Thank you very much for bringing this to your channel! Please don't stop! xD ⭐
Do you use another note-taking app (Roam, Evernote...)?
I don’t use Evernote, but hoping to get Ali to teach me Roam soon!
Hunh, I never thought of using something like OneNote, as a second brain...
Thank you Elizabeth.
A very interesting video and topic! I would love to know the 'how' now that you have explained the 'why'!
On it :)
love the idea! can you make a tutorial on how to create a second brain in notion?
Yesss am doing