Build A Second Brain Cohort 13

2021-11-03 Live Session 1

• Creative output system, not a storage system

• We are moving from the age of attention to the age of perspective. Perspective is the currency.

• Recommend ONLY adding stuff to the second brain that is valued, use a read later app instead for everything else

My 12 Favorite Problems (Copied from Write of Passage Cohort 7)

1. How can I balance the drive for self-improvement and helping others, against unskillful attachment and clinging to desired conditions and outcomes?
2. How can I share with others what I perceive may be of benefit and encourage uptake, without being a snake oil salesman (or having the fear of being perceived as one, stop me from sharing?)
3. How can I share more of myself with my family without the anxiety or fear of causing them suffering and worry?
4. How can I balance interactions with the wider world versus cultivating inner qualities that lead to freedom?
5. How can I worry less about not being a perfectly enlightened being who is equipped to talk about spiritual topics, and embrace that I'm a flawed human being instead?
6. How can I be wise about how I spend my effort in helping others to optimize impact?
7. How can I shorten the distance between having an idea and sharing it? (Includes: better writing and storytelling skills, cultivating an audience, etc.)
8. How can I do a better job looking after myself financially so that I will not be a burden to others when I am old and/or sick?
9. How can I optimize my mental and physical health/energy on a day-to-day basis to reach my goals?
10. What can I do to leave lasting positive impact on the world, after I die?
11. How can I assess if I am even asking the right/appropriate questions to address a problem, and adjust accordingly?
12. How can I remind myself to reflect upon these problems instead of being distracted by the problem/fire of the day? 🙂

• When there is a problem, look upstream or downstream. E.g. it might seem like Capture is the problem, but it's actually Organize (downstream) that is the problem

2021-11-10 Live Session 2

• Important think about limiting the kinds of content we want to capture


• Information diet is like a real diet. Don't need to eat everything.

• Projects have to be "in motion," it's happening, it's happening! No zombie projects allowed. Remain sensitive and connected to every project item.
• Brainstorm about my project list (might be moved to areas)
• Life admin: sort out passport issue
• Sort out financial items
• Clean up crypto
• Compassion Accelerator
• Honeyritual
• Write of passage:
• Set up writing system with distribution goals
• BASB
• Set up system for optimizing time for meditation and personal growth
• Consulting
• Alliance for Bhikkhunis
• Evening Drama Rebooted

• It's nice to be able to hide everything back into 4 neat boxes!
• Recommend keeping projects small
• Projects: (missed taking screenshot)
• Areas:

• Example Area note

• Resources

• Archives

• Projects: portion of your life you will never get back

• Example timeline for publishing a book, the traditional way

• Critical chain theory of constraints says do things as LATE as possible, rather than as early as possible, because it's more effective that way

(Missed Live Session 3)

Live Session 4 2021-12-01