1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:05,510 Hello, everyone. 2 00:00:05,510 --> 00:00:07,490 Welcome back to the Oren Cohen podcast. 3 00:00:07,549 --> 00:00:10,700 This is day 23 of my 30 day challenge. 4 00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:13,309 Today, we're talking about. 5 00:00:13,309 --> 00:00:14,180 A second brain. 6 00:00:14,180 --> 00:00:20,090 And if you remember I said that during those last few days, I 7 00:00:20,090 --> 00:00:24,489 will be talking about building my digital course in public. 8 00:00:25,389 --> 00:00:29,499 And today we are taking a break from that because I'm still working on 9 00:00:29,499 --> 00:00:32,239 my ThriveCart page for the course. 10 00:00:33,289 --> 00:00:37,669 And tomorrow I'll have something new to update in that regard. 11 00:00:38,119 --> 00:00:39,379 But for now. 12 00:00:39,889 --> 00:00:47,779 I want to spend today's time with you to talk about why I think it's so 13 00:00:47,809 --> 00:00:52,339 useful to have a second brain and why I started creating one for myself. 14 00:00:52,519 --> 00:00:53,599 So let's get right into it. 15 00:00:54,159 --> 00:00:56,649 So let's begin with the question. 16 00:00:56,649 --> 00:00:59,979 that you probably all have: what is a second brain? 17 00:01:00,219 --> 00:01:02,169 And in what context are we talking about? 18 00:01:02,979 --> 00:01:06,100 And for me as a software engineer. 19 00:01:06,490 --> 00:01:10,990 a second brain is essentially offloading all of the knowledge 20 00:01:11,079 --> 00:01:17,159 from my brain into a place where I can document it and find it easily. 21 00:01:17,519 --> 00:01:19,289 Those two things are essential. 22 00:01:19,559 --> 00:01:26,789 I need a space where something is very, very easy to throw into, but it also needs 23 00:01:26,789 --> 00:01:29,669 to be easy to find later when I need it. 24 00:01:30,089 --> 00:01:31,739 If I have to sort through. 25 00:01:32,369 --> 00:01:34,619 Whatever it is, did I'm looking for. 26 00:01:35,429 --> 00:01:38,489 For hours or even for a minute. 27 00:01:38,489 --> 00:01:40,229 Then it's not worth it because. 28 00:01:40,229 --> 00:01:42,419 I would probably already remember it in my brain. 29 00:01:42,929 --> 00:01:47,620 And I would use my brain instead of using this and that's not 30 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,139 helping me preserve brainpower. 31 00:01:51,199 --> 00:01:57,769 This is actually making me use more brain power, so it needs to be easy to find any, 32 00:01:57,769 --> 00:02:04,460 it also needs to be able to record the documentation of what you are learning. 33 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:10,040 And for me, there are a lot of things that I learn as a software engineer that 34 00:02:10,070 --> 00:02:12,470 are reproducible, like code snippets. 35 00:02:12,950 --> 00:02:14,920 And even whole projects. 36 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:20,310 So having something like, a Second brain for coding is amazing. 37 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:26,100 And it is something that I'm working towards making maybe more accessible to 38 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,950 a wider range of people, not just myself. 39 00:02:29,670 --> 00:02:34,650 Um, But in your context, If you're not a software engineer. 40 00:02:34,980 --> 00:02:37,110 It could be a different thing. 41 00:02:37,140 --> 00:02:42,480 You, you could know a lot about blogging or you could know a 42 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,420 lot about some kind of industry. 43 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:52,890 And putting down all of this information from your brain into a page, that you know 44 00:02:52,890 --> 00:02:58,980 you'll be able to find later you have that security that this is not just some random 45 00:02:58,980 --> 00:03:03,930 notebook that you'll stuff somewhere and never find it is something digital. 46 00:03:04,140 --> 00:03:06,510 You can access it from your phone, from a computer from 47 00:03:06,570 --> 00:03:09,450 wherever it's very easy to search. 48 00:03:09,450 --> 00:03:14,460 Once you have that and you know, that you are safe in that regard. 49 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,150 You can actually offload a lot of information from your brain. 50 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,910 And then you find yourself. 51 00:03:20,910 --> 00:03:24,120 Finding new creativity, finding new brain power. 52 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,500 You're not so bogged down by all of the things that you always need 53 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:35,230 to know to do your job or to always remember, because if you don't remember 54 00:03:35,230 --> 00:03:38,080 than something horrible could happen. 55 00:03:38,740 --> 00:03:40,570 That's the beauty of a second brain. 56 00:03:40,570 --> 00:03:41,350 You have it. 57 00:03:41,740 --> 00:03:43,240 It's there when you need it. 58 00:03:43,660 --> 00:03:48,870 It's useful and you know What to do to find the information that you put into it. 59 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:54,430 One of the creators that Defined the second brain and used it 60 00:03:54,930 --> 00:03:59,190 in the best possible or teaches about it in the best possible way. 61 00:03:59,580 --> 00:04:00,750 Is Tiago forte. 62 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,750 I'm Probably butchering his name. 63 00:04:03,750 --> 00:04:04,410 Sorry, Tiago. 64 00:04:05,030 --> 00:04:08,520 Tiago has a book which I will link in the description of this 65 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,400 episode it is an affiliate link. 66 00:04:11,460 --> 00:04:15,280 I'll disclose that because I have affiliate links for Amazon. 67 00:04:15,890 --> 00:04:21,470 So if you are going to purchase through my link, I'll probably get a small commission 68 00:04:21,710 --> 00:04:24,450 for it without any extra cost to you. 69 00:04:25,010 --> 00:04:26,330 That book is amazing. 70 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,420 It helps you think about how to build your second brain. 71 00:04:30,020 --> 00:04:30,560 And. 72 00:04:31,340 --> 00:04:32,390 For coding. 73 00:04:32,780 --> 00:04:38,240 What I decided to do is actually create a new GitHub repository, which will serve 74 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:43,940 As my second brain for code snippets, because it's very easily searchable. 75 00:04:44,450 --> 00:04:49,370 And I can also pull it up on my GitHub app on my phone. 76 00:04:49,580 --> 00:04:50,630 If I need something. 77 00:04:50,930 --> 00:04:53,540 But usually I will not be accessing it. 78 00:04:53,780 --> 00:04:57,170 Like you access a notebook because we're talking about code. 79 00:04:57,590 --> 00:05:02,540 And I usually code from a computer, my laptop, my desktop 80 00:05:02,570 --> 00:05:04,730 computer, whatever it is. 81 00:05:05,330 --> 00:05:08,630 I need that second brain when I'm coding. 82 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:09,620 So. 83 00:05:10,490 --> 00:05:13,160 If you think about it, I don't really need it on my phone. 84 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,420 I can search for it for stuff on my phone, through the GitHub app, 85 00:05:17,690 --> 00:05:19,670 but I'm not coding on my phone. 86 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:21,050 At least not yet. 87 00:05:21,170 --> 00:05:23,390 I don't know where the future will take us. 88 00:05:23,990 --> 00:05:26,360 Uh, but for now I'm not coding on my phone. 89 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:27,440 I'm coding on a computer. 90 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:29,570 And that's why it makes sense. 91 00:05:29,900 --> 00:05:33,510 To have that on my GitHub where I can access it through a 92 00:05:33,510 --> 00:05:35,130 computer where I'm coding from. 93 00:05:35,130 --> 00:05:36,720 Whichever computer that is. 94 00:05:36,850 --> 00:05:38,110 GitHub is in the cloud. 95 00:05:38,650 --> 00:05:39,490 And I can. 96 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,460 Clone my repo, wherever I need it. 97 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,620 If your second brain is something different, like. 98 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,290 It might be templates or something like that. 99 00:05:48,830 --> 00:05:52,700 Uh, writing related things and not specifically code. 100 00:05:53,090 --> 00:05:54,740 Then you probably. 101 00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:01,110 Could use something like Evernote or even apple notes. 102 00:06:01,630 --> 00:06:03,910 Craft is also a great option. 103 00:06:03,940 --> 00:06:07,160 Notion is highly popular now. 104 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:11,770 All of those options are available to you and all of them have a 105 00:06:11,770 --> 00:06:14,740 mobile app where you can find the thing that you're looking for. 106 00:06:15,190 --> 00:06:19,480 On your phone and also record new things on your phone and then find them on a 107 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,760 computer because it's all in the cloud. 108 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,230 There are a lot of other options. 109 00:06:23,230 --> 00:06:28,020 I'm not going to go over any other things, but, the ones that I'm 110 00:06:28,350 --> 00:06:30,660 mostly familiar with is Evernote. 111 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,990 Which I'm kind of slowly pulling away from. 112 00:06:34,510 --> 00:06:38,280 And moving towards craft because something in craft makes 113 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:40,200 writing more satisfying to me. 114 00:06:40,849 --> 00:06:44,429 And it's also now being improved with searching ability and 115 00:06:44,579 --> 00:06:47,039 it's already been pretty cool. 116 00:06:47,449 --> 00:06:51,830 Now you can also, publish pages that you can share with people. 117 00:06:51,830 --> 00:06:54,440 So it is becoming more and more. 118 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:55,880 Usable. 119 00:06:56,280 --> 00:07:01,530 The developers are very passionate about making Craft the best tool that they can. 120 00:07:01,530 --> 00:07:04,310 And that's why I'm kinda 121 00:07:04,340 --> 00:07:06,860 pulling more towards craft now. 122 00:07:07,169 --> 00:07:12,210 For other types of knowledge, like blogging templates, social media. 123 00:07:12,619 --> 00:07:17,599 all those things that's I want to record and offload from my brain. 124 00:07:18,049 --> 00:07:20,389 And even things about podcasting that I know. 125 00:07:21,019 --> 00:07:25,999 Offload from my brain and then record them there where it's searchable. 126 00:07:26,439 --> 00:07:28,749 Once it's recorded and not in my brain. 127 00:07:29,349 --> 00:07:32,589 I can actually make use of that to create more content. 128 00:07:32,949 --> 00:07:38,469 So it's really good to have something like that written down. 129 00:07:39,039 --> 00:07:42,339 Once you realize your information. 130 00:07:42,639 --> 00:07:43,569 On a page. 131 00:07:44,619 --> 00:07:45,549 It's so good. 132 00:07:46,299 --> 00:07:50,249 And also, The course that I've been participating in, since the 133 00:07:50,249 --> 00:07:52,199 beginning of the year ship 30 for 30. 134 00:07:52,609 --> 00:07:54,649 I signed up as a captain. 135 00:07:55,009 --> 00:07:59,239 And one of the things that they want you to do as a captain is record all 136 00:07:59,239 --> 00:08:03,859 of the information that you have on something in a file called idea file 137 00:08:04,249 --> 00:08:09,889 and it makes so much sense to save that idea file inside your second brain 138 00:08:10,349 --> 00:08:15,630 because that file is what you use as a base to create content to create 139 00:08:15,630 --> 00:08:17,459 a course to get everything you need. 140 00:08:17,969 --> 00:08:21,869 So I think that's really important to have that. 141 00:08:22,229 --> 00:08:23,939 Whatever your profession is. 142 00:08:24,299 --> 00:08:24,839 Because. 143 00:08:25,499 --> 00:08:29,939 It's always good to offload things from our brain into a page 144 00:08:30,299 --> 00:08:32,740 and free up that mental energy. 145 00:08:33,419 --> 00:08:38,970 That way you can be more creative and feel better inside your own head. 146 00:08:39,460 --> 00:08:41,950 So that's all I wanted to share it for today. 147 00:08:42,370 --> 00:08:44,530 I love the idea of a second brain. 148 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,880 Both for the things I do in blogging and podcasting. 149 00:08:50,020 --> 00:08:53,740 And for the knowledge that I have in software engineering 150 00:08:54,070 --> 00:08:56,470 from years of doing this. 151 00:08:56,900 --> 00:08:59,360 It's time to free up that mental capacity. 152 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,150 And start working on other things. 153 00:09:02,430 --> 00:09:06,120 If you have any questions, please leave a comment on this episode. 154 00:09:06,370 --> 00:09:11,170 if you want to dive deeper with me into content creation, concepts and ideas, 155 00:09:11,350 --> 00:09:13,750 you can sign up for my newsletter. 156 00:09:13,750 --> 00:09:17,620 You can find the link to that in the description of this episode as well. 157 00:09:17,890 --> 00:09:21,430 Thank you again so much for watching and I'll see you in the next one. 158 00:09:21,940 --> 00:09:22,390 Bye for now.