Tiago grew up reading in Barnes and Noble — up to six hours at a time! Now, his bestselling book, Building a Second Brain, is the perfect combination of his favorite genres: self-development, business, and tech. Come learn how Tiago has helped thousands of people unlock their creative potential.

SPEAKER LINKS:
Website: https://fortelabs.com/
Blog: https://fortelabs.com/blog/
Twitter:   / fortelabs  
YouTube:    / @tiagoforte  
Book: https://www.buildingasecondbrain.com/...

WRITE OF PASSAGE:
Want to learn more about the next class Write of Passage?
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:15 "Building A Second Brain"
00:03:35 Value of Writing retreats
00:05:55 Art & writing
00:09:30 Quality vs quantity
00:11:00 How to get over writers block
00:11:45 Twitter / X
00:12:35 Editing process
00:15:45 Taylor Swift
00:17:00 "The Godfather"
00:19:00 How to get feedback
00:19:55 Finding a mentor (like Venkatesh Rao)
00:23:30 Tiago's Top 5 intellectual move
00:27:00 Compression vs Context
00:32:15 Value of book summaries
00:35:20 Toyota manufacturing process
00:37:30 Creative process
00:40:50 Creating "The PARA Method"
00:44:10 Becoming an Author & YouTuber
00:46:00 Tiago's biggest weakness
00:48:50 Writing annual reviews
00:52:25 Why do you have to curate
00:53:50 The surprises of book publishing
00:56:15 Easy mediums for writing
00:57:30 Building "Write of Passage"

PODCAST LINKS:
Website: https://writeofpassage.school/how-i-w...
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSbo...

ABOUT THE HOST:
I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible.