# Building a Second Brain ## Source Information - Author: [[Tiago Forte]] - Full Title: Building a Second Brain - Category: #source/books ## Highlights synced on 2024-01-10 > The only problem is that you’re often consuming it at the wrong time. ([Location 51](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B09LVVN9L3&location=51)) > Every new productivity app promised a breakthrough, but usually ended up becoming yet another thing to manage. ([Location 187](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B09LVVN9L3&location=187)) > However, there’s a catch: every change in how we use technology also requires a change in how we think. ([Location 245](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B09LVVN9L3&location=245)) > Resurrecting the commonplace book allows us to stem the tide, shifting our relationship with information toward the timeless and the private. ([Location 265](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B09LVVN9L3&location=265)) > So many of us share the feeling that we are surrounded by knowledge, yet starving for wisdom. ([Location 347](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B09LVVN9L3&location=347)) > The solution is to keep only what resonates in a trusted place that you control, and to leave the rest aside. ([Location 583](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B09LVVN9L3&location=583)) > A knowledge asset is anything that can be used in the future to solve a problem, save time, illuminate a concept, or learn from past experience. ([Location 752](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B09LVVN9L3&location=752)) > When a fellow physicist and mentor asked what the use of such an insight was, Feynman responded: “It doesn’t have any importance… I don’t care whether a thing has importance. Isn’t it fun?” ([Location 815](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B09LVVN9L3&location=815)) > life. The goal isn’t to definitively answer the question once and for all, but to use the question as a North Star for my learning. ([Location 846](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B09LVVN9L3&location=846))