Summary
- Before the cohort started, I did some homework that both prepared my mind, heart, and note taking skills for the experience ahead.
- I attended inspiring workshops and created a simple database of key people in the cohort using a new note-taking tool (Notion) that I used throughout the cohort
- Finally, I journaled and wrote about what I was experiencing internally in four key shifts of perspective
Taking the Red Pill - Why I Joined BASB (”Joining BASB” Series - Pt. 1 of 4)
It’s Alive! The Birth of “Nosnorb Kroy” (”Joining BASB” Series - Pt. 3 of 4)
Framing the BASB Experience - A Spiritual Retreat (”Joining BASB” Series - Pt. 4 of 4)
I originally wrote these articles in August 2020 for Cohort 11, then revisited and revised them in August 2022 with the launch of Two Brains One Heart.
The cohort launch of Building a Second Brain is 8 days away!
Throughout this past week, I've been able to participate and take in a handful of free events as part of the inaugural "Second Brain Week". Here are the events I attended and took notes on:
- Online Workshop: How to Choose a Digital Notes App as Your Second Brain (8/17)
- Second Brains, Organizing Styles, and SOPs, with Timothy Kenny (8/18)
- Creativity & Building a Second Brain (8/18)
- Deep Dive Live Stream with Ali Abdaal (8/19)
- Build a Second Brain Live Webinar with Matt Ragland (8/19)
- Q&A with Tiago Forte and Lauren Valdez (8/20)
✴️ Note from 2022: I took notes on all of these events and saved them in Evernote in a folder called “BASB 11”. I could revisit these as additional content for 2B1H. Also, the Second Brain Week turned into a “Second Brain Summit” in 2022, which you can check out here.
In addition to participating in Second Brain Week, the Alumni Mentors were announced. I decided to prepare by making a Notion Mentor Database that organizes and curates information about this amazing group of Second Brainers. This is a first-time feature that should take the experience to new levels!
✴️ Note from 2022: the features of each cohort changes and evolves, if this is a key feature for you be sure to check if it is available or not.
Why I'm Building a Second Brain: New Depths of Realization
Since Tiago so graciously shared my first article with the community last week, I've already experienced new depths of realization of WHY I decided to join and how RIGHT this decision was for me.
I’m really into sketchnoting right now (see: Sketch2Learn), so I sketched out my realizations:
With BASB, I’m making four key shifts in perspective:
- Who I’m learning for: Me TO We
- My learning attitude: Interested TO Integral
- My motivation: Shallow Extrinsic TO Deep Instrinsic
- My desired outcomes: Pre-Defined Expectations to Open Hopeful Acceptance
If this pre-course week is just a taste to come, then I better buckle up for blast off! This is going to be a journey of lifetime.
What you are seeing now is the mental preparation before any important significant journey.
With eight days to launch, the next step will be more practical and logistical. Figuring out things like how to make and clear out mind space and time space. As I work through all this, I will also share how I'm approaching it, so you can look forward to that soon.
